Day: January 4, 2023
Doctor gave fake exemption notes to thousands of people who didn’t want to wear masks
German practitioner jailed after handing out medical exceptions to more than 4,000 people she had not examined during the pandemic.
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: The Octave Day of the Holy Innocents
When Herod realized that the Wise Men would not return, he was furious, and in his rage ordered that every male child in Bethlehem and its vicinity, of the age of two years or less, be slain. These innocent victims were the flowers and first-fruits of the Saviour’s legions of martyrs; they triumphed over the world without having ever known it or experienced its dangers…
Spiritual Reading for January 4th ~ Dom Prosper Gueranger
Let us once more honour these dear Innocents, by culling their praises from the various Liturgies. We will begin with three Responsories from the Roman Breviary.
Morning Meditation for January 4th ~ Dom Prosper Gueranger
We finish today the Octave consecrated to the memory of the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem. Thanks be to God, who has given them to us, to be our intercessors and our models! Their name will not reappear on the Church’s Calendar until the return of the Christmas Solemnity; let us therefore devoutly approach these sweet Infant Saints—venerate them, love them, and address to them our farewell prayers.