THE WORD AND THE FEAST
December 28, 2022: The Feast of the Holy Innocents
1 John 1:5 -2:2; Matthew 2: 13-18
The innocents die, even today! Due to the malice of minds and the avarice of various kinds, innocents die even today. At the hands of the oppressive forces with heartless greed for power and dominance, innocents die even today. By the selfish acts of the conniving perverts and the corrupt bigwigs, innocents die even today.
Innocents - those who are unaware of anything wrong, those who are unaware of the evil that surrounds them, those who are untouched by the sinfulness that threatens to swallow them. The feast today is a remembrance of millions of such innocents who are sacrificed even today on the altars of selfishness, licentiousness, irresponsibility and insensitivity!
The authentic culture of a society can be understood by the way it treats its children, its elders, its weak and its helpless members, they say. That is why the Holy Father Pope Francis keeps insisting on our care for the children, the elders, the sick and the weak. And the Church has always remained so strong with regard to abortions, because of the inviolable dignity that life possesses, right from its very beginning - the innocents who are yet to see the light.
The world is running swift into a dungeon of selfishness and cruelty, which does not even think of the others, leave alone wishing the good of the others. There are persons and systems which work together to exploit the innocent and the ignorant. As a people of God, we need to stand against such systems and uphold the inalienable rights of every child of God. Let not just our prayers be raised today but our commitment too towards protecting the rights and the well being of the helpless innocents! The call is that we open our eyes to the innocents who are massacred even today!