The fourth day of Christmas: The Feast of the Holy Innocents...
Today we remember those little children killed in the persecution of Herod in his attempt to kill Christ. Martyrs in dignity, Saints in their innocence, we ask their intercession:
For all persecuted for their faith...
For all innocent victims of violence...
For all children in poverty or abusive situations...
For child soldiers, child slaves, and children who are trafficked...
For all children have lost their lives before birth... and for those who have had their lives taken from them...
For all those who have lost a child...
May the Holy Innocents intercede for them and pray for us all!
The ancient Coventry Carol provides the song for today, a lullaby for the Innocents:
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay
O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we sing
By, by, lully, lullay
Herod the king, in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight
All young children to slay
That woe is me, poor Child for Thee
And ever morn and day
For thy parting neither say nor sing
By, by, lully, lullay
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