8.00 Morning Prayer

Inv. The infant Christ, who to the Innocents awarded the Martyr’s crown, O come, let us worship.

Psalm 36, 146

Baruch 4.21-27

Ben. The Innocents were slain on Christ’s behalf, babes at the breast were murdered by an evil king, yet these same sinless ones now follow the Lamb, saying without end, Glory be to thee, O Lord.

8.30 Mass

16.00 Evening Prayer

Psalm 19-20

Rev. John 1

Mag. Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the everlasting Father and blessed is the breast which fed Christ the Lord.

Colossians 1.1-14

We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by the order of King Herod. Receive, we beseech thee, into the arms of thy mercy all innocent victims; and by thy great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish thy rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.