The Holy Innocents... those male babies two years and younger who were slaughtered by the hand of Herod the Great because he feared to lose his power to the Newborn King. Today we celebrate their short earthly lives and their birth into the Kingdom of Heaven. The early Church considered them the first martyrs... martyrs who not only died for Christ, but who died in his stead. And again,
The Holy Innocents and the Chaos of Fear
The Holy Innocents and the Chaos of Fear
The Holy Innocents and the Chaos of Fear
The Holy Innocents... those male babies two years and younger who were slaughtered by the hand of Herod the Great because he feared to lose his power to the Newborn King. Today we celebrate their short earthly lives and their birth into the Kingdom of Heaven. The early Church considered them the first martyrs... martyrs who not only died for Christ, but who died in his stead. And again,