In the midst of the joys of Christmas, today we celebrate the slaughter of the HOLY INNOCENTS, those male infants killed by Herod. His morbid obsession that another king could take his place, threw him into a raging panic. Thus thousands of babies under the age of two, who lived in and around Bethlehem,
And while this event happened over two thousand years ago, it continues in our own day and age. Children who are killed and abused through the fear and selfishness of powerful adults. It happens in every culture and every nation.
Rachel weeps for them all. Rachel, who today represents our Church, weeps for the innocent so easily counted as nothing by those in authority.