REFLECTION/HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS 28TH DECEMBER 2023
HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS 1John 1:5-2:2; Ps.124; Matthew 2:13-18 The Consequence of Divine Connection Today, the Church honours the memory of the little children who were massacred by the order of King Herod. The existence of the new-born king threatened King Herod when he learnt of it from the Magi. He did not understand that Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world; so he thought that the earlier he eliminated this new-born king, the better. Unable to locate the particular child, he ordered that all male children under the angel of age in the town of Bethlehem and its environs be slaughtered. He was not able to kill the new-born king, but he was able to kill many babies. These babies are innocent on account of their age and on the fact that they did nothing to warrant their death. Their death was as a result of the relationship they had with Jesus. First, only male children were killed because Jesus was male; second, only those under the age of two were killed because that...