Showing posts with label Feast of the Holy Innocents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feast of the Holy Innocents. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Feast of the Holy Innocents

Some great references to public liturgy and preaching on the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Going to see if I can record the links here for my own benefit.

Peace procession Melbourne
Report on Melbourne event

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28 Dec
Heavenly Father, comfort all the children lost to . Bring them right up to your throne!
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"Feast of the - a day that we remember an act of civil disobedience, a refugee family, & a massacre of baby boys"
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28 Dec
It seems to me that the only time there is an outcry from America is when takes place in "inappropriate" places.
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28 Dec
168 children have been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan... but where is the outcry for THESE children?
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28 Dec
I wonder if there were people who said, "I'm tired of people politicizing Herod's massacre of the "?
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28 Dec
"But he is with a million displaced people On the long road of weariness and want." Malcolm Guite
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28 Dec
RT : Remember the lives of your little ones Lord, and break the sword of the oppressor.
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28 Dec
Preached from the fire in my gut at the Eucharist this morning
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27 Dec
On Day we pray for victims of such violence today & those (like the Holy Family) whom it makes refugees:
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27 Dec
Today of all days I recommend you follow as this great new organisation gets running. Please RT.
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27 Dec
Is this how we wage 'war on terror'? Drone Strikes Are Causing Child Casualties -- 178 So Far | Alternet

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27 Dec
A reminder of what results from the legislation of wicked rulers. "Can wicked rulers be allied…
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Saturday, 19 December 2009

Remembering the Feast of the Holy Innocents - the Politics of Christmas

In the days after Christmas, while most people are recovering from the indulgence of Christmas Day or deeply immersed in the liturgy of the Boxing Day Test, the Church calendar commemorates the Holy Innocents, the children killed by Herod in a bid to maintain his grip on power.  This is a part of the Christmas story which gets little attention in churches, yet it forms a major part of the biblical birth narrative.  It is a day when we remember children and other innocent people killed by today’s Herods, who consider such innocents to be acceptable collateral damage in their quest for power and security.  Children are still the most deeply affected by wars around the globe – 60% of Afghans are under the age of 21.  90% of those killed in wars now are civilians. (Simon Moyle)

In Melbourne there is going to be a peace procession from Victoria Barracks in Melbourne to Defence Plaza beginningat 1pm with prayers at Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road, and process to Defence Plaza, 661 Bourke St. Melbourne, for further prayer and reflection. For details see: Simon Moyle
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