{"id":33030,"date":"2015-12-28T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=33030"},"modified":"2015-12-28T12:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:35:29","slug":"holy-innocents-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/holy-innocents-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Innocents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Holy<\/a>The Christmas Octave has an unique way to keep the memory of Christ and His Way alive with the saints honored in these days: today, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents. As it is revealed in Scripture, King Herod felt threatened by the birth of the Infant King. He ordered the death of every male child of Bethlehem to preserve his own reign (cf. Matthew 2:16). Mother Church honors the\u00a0multitude of child-martyrs because of the Presence of\u00a0Jesus. Our theology teaches us that the\u00a0infant voices eternally sing triumphant praises to the King of Kings, Lord of Lords: the Light of the World.<\/p>\n

Here is a poem, “The Holy Innocents” by Laurence Housman<\/p>\n

When Christ was born in Bethlehem,
\nFair peace on earth to bring,
\nIn lowly state of love He came
\nTo be the children\u2019s King.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

And round Him, then, a holy band
\nOf children blest was born,
\nFair guardians of His throne to stand
\nAttendant night and morn.<\/p>\n

And unto them this grace was giv\u2019n
\nA Saviour\u2019s name to own,
\nAnd die for Him Who out of Heav\u2019n
\nHad found on earth a throne.<\/p>\n

O bless\u00e8d babes of Bethlehem,
\nWho died to save our King,
\nYe share the martyrs\u2019 diadem,
\nAnd in their anthem sing!<\/p>\n

Your lips, on earth that never spake,
\nNow sound th\u2019eternal word;
\nAnd in the courts of love ye make
\nYour children\u2019s voices heard.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus Christ, eternal Child,
\nMake Thou our childhood Thine;
\nThat we with Thee the meek and mild
\nMay share the love divine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Christmas Octave has an unique way to keep the memory of Christ and His Way alive with the saints honored in these days: today, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents. As it is revealed in Scripture, King Herod felt threatened by the birth of the Infant King. He ordered the death of … Continue reading Holy Innocents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1875,2271],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33032,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030\/revisions\/33032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}