A voice was heard in Ramah,/ sobbing and loud lamentation;/ Rachel weeping for her children,/ and she would not be consoled,/ since they were no more. (Mt 2:18). The words of Jeremiah were fulfilled when Herod ordered the slaughter of innocent boys in an effort to eliminate the threat to his throne by the "newborn king." Rachel's cries have echoed over the centuries as countless numbers of innocent children have perished by the sword, by famine, by neglect, by drug addiction, by violence of all shapes and sizes. Helpless, they are the victims of our wounded nature's propensity toward evil. We pray for these victims as well as for those guilty of making them suffer or taking their lives. The recent anniversary of the Newtown Sandy Hook school massacre is a stark reminder of the power of evil. It is also a reminder of the resiliency of the human spirit, which, fortified with grace, can overcome, intervene, rectify and even prevent such horrors. We pray each day, "And lead us not into temptation by deliver us from evil." Let this prayer be on our lips today as we remember the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem and beyond.
Bro. Rene
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