Yesterday the church celebrated the mass for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs. It is a sad reminder of what Herod did killing all these innocent babies all out of fear of God coming to take over His reign. It is sad today too, with so many abortions how we kill so many innocent babies[people]. The Catholic Church and many Christians believe that abortion is murder. It is the killing of innocent, helpless, voiceless babies in the womb. It is a sad tragedy that has become so opening accepted today in our society. We as humans in the 21st century say we are humane and civilized, but we allow for the killing of babies, like they did in Herod's time over 2000 years ago. It really is murder. No matter what excuses anyone can come up with to make for justifying such a tragedy. It is a life from God, a soul God created. People today never want to talk about sin. About fornication and sex producing a life from sex, and then thinking it is fine to abort and murder this innocent child. It is murder. I pray that this mass said yesterday around the world is offered to all the Holy Innocent, the martyrs, the innocent, helpless, voiceless babies in the womb who have no say in their lives! May God end abortion and may humans stop killing babies with despicable excuses like Herod had! Stop living in fear and hate! Love wins over hate! They wanted Jesus dead, they were afraid of Him! The same people think it is okay to kill babies today. All unborn lives matter to God! Each aborted is a holy innocent, a martyr!
May this mass make all people think about the life of each holy innocent, martyr, each innocent, helpless, voiceless baby in the womb!
Reading 1
1 John1:5—2:2
Beloved:
This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ
and proclaim to you:
God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
If we say, "We have fellowship with him,"
while we continue to walk in darkness,
we lie and do not act in truth.
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,
then we have fellowship with one another,
and the Blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
If we say, "We are without sin,"
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.
If we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us.
My children, I am writing this to you
so that you may not commit sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous one.
He is expiation for our sins,
and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.
Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8
R. (7) Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.
Had not the LORD been with us—
When men rose up against us,
then would they have swallowed us alive,
When their fury was inflamed against us.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.
Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
over us then would have swept the raging waters.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.
Broken was the snare,
and we were freed.
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
We praise you, O God,
we acclaim you as Lord;
the white robed army of martyrs praise you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Mt 2:13-18
When the magi had departed, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,
"Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt,
and stay there until I tell you.
Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him."
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night
and departed for Egypt.
He stayed there until the death of Herod,
that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled,
Out of Egypt I called my son.
When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi,
he became furious.
He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity
two years old and under,
in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children,
and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more.
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