Holy Innocents
Today in the calendar an often over-looked day is ' Holy Innocents", December 28 , part of the twelve days of Christmas. It is red for a reason, the sacrifice of the babies. We remember the children today that Herod had killed as he sought to kill Jesus the baby. One of the hymns about this says,' O blessed babes of Bethlehem , Who died to save our King, Ye share the martyrs' diadem....And unto them grace was given , A Saviour's name to own, And die for Him who out of heaven Had found on earth a throne...' We focus rightly on the baby Jesus who is our Saviour this season ;and it is good to also remember the babes who died because of the wicked Herod. God had a purpose in what happened here to protect the baby Jesus, " Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he