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Monday, December 28, 2009, Holy Innocents
1 John 1:5—2:2, Psalm 124:2-5, 7-8, Matthew 2:13-18
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WHOLLY INNOCENT
"God is light; in Him there is no darkness." —1 John 1:5
"The flight into Egypt and the massacre of the innocents make manifest the
opposition of darkness to the light" (Catechism, 530). This darkness still
oppresses us today. We live in a culture of death. The innocent die daily,
through persecution, wars, chemical and surgical abortions, and in
countless other ways. Sins are publicly flaunted. How can we once again
hope without cynicism, see with pure eyes, and live as wholly and holy
innocent children of God?
Jesus, the "Innocent" One (Heb 7:26), has overcome the darkness (1 Jn 1:5;
Jn 16:33). In the beautiful words of the Easter Vigil liturgy Exsultet,
Jesus "dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost innocence." In
Jesus, we are made new (2 Cor 5:17).
"For in those who are born again, God hates nothing, because 'there is no
condemnation, to those who are truly buried together with Christ by
baptism unto death' [Rm 6:4], who do not 'walk according to the flesh' [Rm
8:1], but putting off 'the old man' and putting on the 'new, who is
created according to God' [Eph 4:22ff; Col 3:9ff], are made innocent,
immaculate, pure, guiltless and beloved sons of God, 'heirs indeed of God,
but co-heirs with Christ' [Rm 8:17]" (Council of Trent, DS 1510-1516).
"Remain simple and innocent, and you will be like little children who do
not know the evil that destroys man's life" (Catechism, 2517). "In
everything you do,...prove yourselves innocent and straightforward,
children of God beyond reproach in the midst of a twisted and depraved
generation" (Phil 2:14-15).
Prayer: Jesus, help us to be "innocent as doves" (Mt 10:16). May Your
innocence shining through us attract others to You.
Promise: "If we walk in light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of His Son Jesus cleanses us from all
sin." —1 Jn 1:7
Praise: The Holy Innocents, the first victims for Christ, were compared by
St. Bede to those martyrs who have washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb (Rv 7:14).
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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