The Feast of the Holy Innocents
28th December, 2015
1 Jn 1:5 - 2:2; Mt 2: 13-18
Today as I reflect on this event, I feel I have to gainsay my post the day before! Is Stephen truly the first martyr? What about the innocents who gave their life up for the sake of Christ!
The Innocence of the children and the innocence demanded of us: the difference is what is underlined in the first reading today. The innocence of the children was forced on them, they were helpless and vulnerable, but they were all for the Lord and the Lord's Reign.
The innocence expected of us has to be of choice, a choice that is well informed of one's own goodness and limitations. I am expected to make a choice for the Lord in spite of the weaknesses, overcoming them with a sense of total surrender to the Lord and the Lord's Reign.
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