{"id":89220,"date":"2017-12-28T08:38:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=89220"},"modified":"2017-12-28T08:38:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:38:52","slug":"the-holy-innocents-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-holy-innocents-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Innocents"},"content":{"rendered":"

H<\/span>appy fourth day of Christmas! Today we pause a moment in our revelry for the feast of the Holy Innocents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

W<\/span>hen Herod realized<\/em> that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.<\/p>\n

Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:<\/p>\n

\u201cA voice was heard in Ramah,
\nsobbing and loud lamentation;
\nRachel weeping for her children,
\nand she would not be consoled,
\nsince they were no more.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Matthew 2:16-18<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n