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We remember today, O God,
the slaughter of the holy innocents
of Bethlehem by King Herod.
Receive, we pray,
into the arms of your mercy
all innocent victims;
and by your great might
frustrate the designs of evil tyrants
and establish your rule of justice, love and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the union of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Little information is known for certain about the Holy Innocents beyond what is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. According to the account in Matthew 2:1-18, Herod was troubled when the Magi visited him and told him that they were searching for a newborn King of the Jews.
The Magi had learned that Jewish Scriptural prophecy foretold the Messiah’s birth in Bethlehem. Herod was already not popular with the people he ruled because he was connected to the Romans and was religiously indifferent. So when he heard the Magi’s words about the newborn Messiah King, he was afraid that his own throne was in danger of being usurped.
Herod lied to the Magi, telling them that he wished to do homage to this newborn king himself. He asked them to come back to him and tell him where the king was after they found him.
After the Magi found Jesus, an angel warned them not to return to Herod. The Magi went back to their home by another route and did not see Herod again.
When Herod realized that the Magi were not returning and that he would not learn the location of the new King from them, he was very angry. He ordered that all the baby boys in Bethlehem and the surrounding area be killed, in order to ensure that this new King was killed and no longer a threat to Herod’s throne.
St. Matthew’s Gospel references the words of the prophet Jeremiah, about the horror and grief of this event for the parents of these killed children: “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.”
Scholars and sources do not agree on the number of children killed in the Massacre of the Holy Innocents. Some medieval scholars estimated that 144,000 boys were killed in the Massacre. Others put the number at 64,000 or 14,000. Many modern scholars estimate that the number was much smaller because Bethlehem was a small town.
While the exact date of the slaughter of the Holy Innocents is not known, it must have occurred within two years of the time that the star was seen by the Magi.
The Church venerates the Holy Innocents as the first martyrs to die for Christ, since they were killed literally in place of Jesus.
The Holy Innocents’ Feast Day: December 28th
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