Wednesday, December 28, 2005

A Holy Day

Posted by Ms.B at 7:05:00 PM

December 28th marks a simple yet holy celebration. I admit I’m not an authority on matters of the Bible, but according to St. Matthew’s Gospel, “King Herod murdered all the infants in Bethlehem region.” It was a massacre of great magnitude. But earlier than that, scriptures revealed that a Pharaoh in Egypt also committed infanticide. How sad, isn’t it?

Children are the future! They must be cared for and loved, for without them no one would continue the cycle of life given to us as a gift. I pray those sad unforgotten past in Bethlehem and in Egypt would remain an epitaph in our consciousness and be reminded always that our children’s children and the children after them must live on and on in order to continue to serve and become fruitful thereby unceasingly enjoy life’s bounties given to us from up there.

Here is a prayer dedicated to this day. I took it from an Oxford Church site. Here goes:


THE HOLY INNOCENTS

For vulnerable children and adults.
For all statutory and voluntary agencies
that relieve the pressures of families in distress.
We pray for more workers in the fields of practical care,
especially those who seek to avert infant victims of famine,
thirst, disease, violence,
neglect and cold.

We remember children and parents who cannot be together during the Christmas celebrations.

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