This is the Fourth Day of Christmas
Eucharistic Readings for Holy Innocence
Jeremiah 31:15 to 17; Psalm 124; Revelation 21:1 to 7; Matthew 2:13 to 18;
“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.” (Matthew 2:18 and Jeremiah 31:15)
This Matthew reading comes from the sadness of the atrocities of Herod in the slaughter of the innocent babies in and around Bethlehem in his effort to kill the new born King.
Reprinted from last year:
I know a Rachel who has no children and yet she is a perfect mother. She is kind and gentle, very smart and nurturing. Children, when we are blessed with them, are a gift from God. And because they are precious in God’s sight, they should be precious in our sight as well. After all, we are made in the Image of God.
We are never to hurt or harm children, only help them, teach them, save and love them. This is what Christmas is all about. Merry Christmas: Day 4
The testimony of John the apostle about our Lord Jesus is true; Believe. Merry Christmas: Day 3
For, had Jesus not been born, he could not have died. Merry Christmas: Day 2
We need to stop fighting and start loving because that’s who we are really made to be. Merry Christmas: Day 1
Let us hear what the Spirit is saying to, and through the saints of God, and then ponder anew what the Almighty can do. John
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