Today on the church calendar is the fourth day of Christmas,
dedicated to the Holy Innocents, the children of Bethlehem ordered to be killed
by Herod when he learned that the Magi from the East had slipped the net and
returned home without giving him the address of the potential usurper of his earthly throne: the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the infant, Jesus.
“Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.” ~Matthew 2:17-18
