Today
is the FEAST of the HOLY INNOCENTS- when the baby boys living at the time of
Jesus’ birth were all slaughtered due to the raging jealousy of the mad King
Herod. It is also when Joseph flees with Mary and the Child into Egypt to escape
this misery. Today we remember the many
women and children who must flee the angry, insane leaders of corrupt governments
throughout the world.
This striking icon by the Ukrainian artist Lubya Yatskiv graphically expresses this feast with Rachel crying over her dead, as well as the Holy Family in flight. We pray for innocents past and present!
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