Holy Innocents
The Word of God · Francis Borgongini-Duca
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Feast of the Holy Innocents p. 25
The joy of the Christmas season changes to sadness for the moment at the thought of the massacre of the Holy Innocents.
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Feast of St. Joseph p. 66
The prophet Jeremiah had already predicted this inconsolable mourning, when every crib would be stained with the blood of the most innocent.