In the East, for those who have made the switch to the New Calendar, it is the feast day of the Holy Innocents. The Holy Innocents who were slaughtered by Herod as he pursued the killing of Christ. Each of these innocents has the stamp of Christ directly upon them. Those who receive a child receive Christ (Matt. 18:5). Those who reject a child, reject Christ. Today, Rachel is weeping for her children (Jer. 31:15, Matt. 2:18). And all Old Testament Scripture is interpreted in light of the New Testament Scripture too. The infants slaughtered by Pharaoh have also become a typology for the infants slaughtered by Herod. They have become a prefigurement of this slaughter and join these ones in martyrdom. Even the infants slaughtered by King Arthur in Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur reflect back on this. Whether it is Pharaoh, Herod, or King Arthur, all the infants belong to Christ. Whether it is the genocide of abortion, all slaughtered infants receive the baptism of blood for the martyrdom in their own holy innocence.
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