Commontide

The Communion of Saints

O eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life: Shed forth upon your whole Church in Paradise and on earth the bright beams of your light and heavenly comfort; and grant that we, following the good example of those who have loved and served you here and are now at rest, may enter with them into the fullness of your unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Feast of the Holy Innocents

The children of Bethlehem, killed on Herod's order when the wise men did not come back to tell him where the child was. Matthew gives them three verses and no names, and no other ancient source records the killing at all. The Church has kept them since antiquity as martyrs who witnessed to nothing they understood, and has never agreed on how many they were or, in the end, minded.

The Holy Innocents
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The Day’s Prayers

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Morning Prayer

Psalm 140 · Jeremiah 31:1–17 · Revelation 20

Evening Prayer

Psalm 143 · Song of Songs 5 · Luke 23:1–25

Midday

Psalm 119:105–144

Family Close of Day

Psalm 134 · Song of Songs 5 · Luke 23:1–25

The Life

The Holy Innocents

Hear of the children of Bethlehem, who bore witness to Christ by their suffering and not by their words.

The Propers

Martyrs

Jeremiah 31:15–17 · Psalm 124 · Revelation 21:1–7 · Matthew 2:13–18