Remembering the Innocents. "Innocent babies were killed in place of Christ; by a wicked king the sucklings were slaughtered. Now they follow the spotless Lamb and unceasingly cry ‘Glory to you, Lord.…More
Remembering the Innocents.

"Innocent babies were killed in place of Christ; by a wicked king the sucklings were slaughtered. Now they follow the spotless Lamb and unceasingly cry ‘Glory to you, Lord.’" - Benedictus antiphon for the feast of the Holy Innocents, which is today. Detail from a stained glass window commemorating the death of infants in the church of St Andrew in Newcastle.

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