Heavenly Father, In your heart-rending mystery, you made these infants, the Holy Innocents, great and glorious warriors and witnesses to the splendor and power of the Son's saving act. By their intercession and your grace, restore our innocence, strengthen our resolve, and establish our faith, So that, no matter what opposition we meet, we may testify to the Life and Love you have brought to us in him, Who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.Dear Holy Innocents, beaten on the anvil of man's envy and cruelty, you were forged into mighty instruments in the hand of God. We look to you and beg for your prayers that we too may receive at his hand the grace to give our lives and withhold nothing, that his Love may reign in our hearts and throughout the world.
  December 28, Feast of the Holy Innocents
The feast of the Holy Innocents is an excellent time for parents to inaugurate the custom of blessing their children. From the Ritual comes the form which we use on solemn occasions, such as First Communion. But parents can simply sign a cross on the child's forehead with the right thumb dipped in holy water and say: May God bless you, and may He be the Guardian of your heart and mind—the Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Amen.
I will join you.
Forgive the absence...have been VERY involved with family gathering here at our home for several days. ;-)
I sincerely hope that the celebration of Christmas is continually blessed among you and yours! This goes for all who regularly post on/read this thread.
The Holy Innocents saved the Child Jesus from death by King Herod by the shedding of their own blood. The Holy Innocents are the special patrons of small children, who can please the Christ Child by being obedient and helpful to parents, and by sharing their toys and loving their siblings and playmates.