A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loudly lamenting:
it was Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted because they were no more.
Mt.2:18
In his jealousy and rage Herod has all male boys in and around Bethlehem under two years of age slaughtered. Jesus' birth brought great joy and great sorrow.
It seems when great good rises up, great evil rises to oppose it. Such is our human condition and the spiritual battle that swirls about us. It pays to keep one eye firmly on the end goal. Jesus' victory. That is the only thing that makes sense of the pain and suffering in the world. Jesus wins in the end and we who follow him share in that victory. Alleluia!
Jesus, I keep my eyes fixed on you both in good times and in bad.
Holy Innocents, please pray for us.
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