It seems a sad day indeed with recalling how the holy innocents were slaughtered and the pain for the parents!!! The antiphon for The Canticle of Zechariah today: At the King's command these innocent babies and little children were put to death; they died for Christ, and now in the glory of heaven they follow him, the spotless Lamb, they sing forever: Glory to you, O Lord.
Imagine the prayers they said for their parents to join them there, and how their parents kept their sights on heaven after they were taken from them.
Today in prayer John and I prayed for all those holy Innocents, who have been torn from the womb of their mothers in abortion. The mothers are misled to think they will have a quick fix from their problems by taking that life, yet they suffer as a result. Lives taken from innocent little ones in the womb!
Baby Jesus laid still and peaceful while craziness happened all around him.
"Blessed are you, Bethlehem in the land of Judah! You suffered the inhumanity of King Herod in the murder of your babes and thereby have become worthy to offer to the Lord a pure host of infants. In full right do we celebrate the heavenly birthday of these children whom the world caused to be born unto an eternally blessed life rather than that from their mothers' womb, for they attained the grace of everlasting life before the enjoyment of the present. The precious death of any martyr deserves high praise because of his heroic confession; the death of these children is precious in the sight of God because of the beatitude they gained so quickly. For already at the beginning of their lives they pass on. The end of the present life is for them the beginning of glory. These then, whom Herod's cruelty tore as sucklings from their mothers' bosom, are justly hailed as "infant martyr flowers"; they were the Church's first blossoms, matured by the frost of persecution during the cold winter of unbelief." ~ St. Augustine
Wow!!!
Jesus, my eyes are looking towards heaven where my holy innocents are gathered around your throne! My 7 children and 4 grandchildren were to be with you and their prayers are felt helping me down the narrow path. Jesus, we trust in you. Bless-bless, Barbara Mary Luke
His halo and his grandpa Patrick!
So special to cherish...
So Holy Communion is a delight to your Infant Savior; because He loves you, oh, how immeasurably! He tells you in His heart-to-heart interview that He has become a little Infant so that you may love Him with a human love without fear."
St Katherine Drexel
3 years ago...
We started a new tradition for our family Christmas - a living Nativity while grandpa read the story from the Bible. Mary was able to be her namesake, Romeo was a precious peaceful joyfully loving baby Jesus with assorted shepherds and kings and a few sheep here and there too. How we adore Jesus! Bless-bless
"A woman is capable of more sacrifices than a man. Man is more apt to be a hero, through some great passionate outburst of heroism. But a woman's love makes a thousand small sacrifices, sprinkling them through the days and the months; their very repetition gives them the character of the commonplace. Not only her soul, but her body, has some share in the Calvary of Redemption; furthermore, she comes closer to death than man, whenever she brings forth a child." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life is Worth Living)
God spoke to Joseph in dreams and kept them safe and informed when they needed to be.
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