Stewart Clem helps us reflect on the Holy Innocents, a feast that asks much from us. This is a salutary reminder that the savior's coming into this world was not welcomed by all and that there is opposition to the work of God in his Christ.
The Herodian thirst for power led to countless children being baptized by blood, a baptism our Lord himself would escape only for a season (it was necessary first for him to be baptized in water to fulfill all righteousness).
Abortion is not a blessing. Let us in all humility never be afraid to say so. And may the prayers of the Holy Innocents ascend to the throne of grace to strengthen us in God’s saving work
