Posted by Brendan Malone
Today the Catholic Church commemorates the Massacre of the Holy
Innocents.
It is on this day that we remember the vile act of infanticide carried out
by King Herod the Great, who ordered the killing of all males under the age of
two in Bethlehem because he considered the young King of the Jews to be a
serious threat to his power, wealth and status.
The cruel brutality and evil of this act stands in stark contrast to the
joyful celebration of the birth of Christ that we commemorated just three days
ago.
Sadly, the Herodian state, which considers some young human beings to be
such a great threat that eliminating them becomes an acceptable thing to do, did
not die with the passing of King Herod.
