Today is a harder day of commemoration. Right in the middle of our ongoing celebration of the Incarnation, we are reminded that the birth of the Baby in Bethlehem didn't seem like good news for everyone. The Gospel according to Matthew tells us how Herod ordered the slaughter of children in and around Bethlehem, out of fear of losing his throne to a newborn king.
Augustine called these innocents "buds, killed by the frost of persecution the moment they showed themselves."
Today we pray for all those who suffer unjustly and for those persecuted for their faith.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
St. Michael and All Angels
Today, 29 September, is the day the Christian church remembers St. Michael and All Angels. St. Michael is mentioned in the Book of Daniel,in the Gospel of Luke, and in the Book of Revelation.
Read these following Bible verses to learn more about St. Michael.
Daniel 10:10-14, 12:1-3
Luke 10:17-20
Revelation 12:7-12
Everlasting God, you have wonderfully established the ministries of angels and mortals. Mercifully grant that as Michael and the angels contend against the cosmic forces of evil, so by your direction they may help and defend us here on earth, through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God whom we worship and praise with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, now and forever. Amen!
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