Saints of Christmas: Holy Innocents
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, December 28, 2009 10:00 AM
Only the 3rd day of Christmas, and already the second feast of martyrs.
The Church wastes no time reminding us of the connection between the crib and the cross!
Here is a lovely reflection on why the Holy Innocents are considered martyrs, even though they could not consciously choose their martyrdom.
In Mexico, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated as a kind of April Fool’s day—with childish pranks and jokes.
So here are some jokes and a poem in honor of the babies of Bethlehem whom Herod had killed.
Q. What do you call people afraid of Santa Claus?
A. Claustrophobic.
*Back during the days of the former Soviet Union, a fellow by the name of Gerald Chattington had a friend in the Soviet Embassy by the name of Rudolph Nosov, who would drop by occasionally. One evening, Gerald and his wife, Peg, were sitting in the kitchen chatting when Gerald looked out the window and said, “Look, it’s snowing.” Rudolph looked out and said very quickly, “No, I think it is just rain.” “I’m sure it is snow,” insisted Gerald. “And I am just as sure that it is rain,” said Rudolph. At this point Gerald turned to Peg to settle the argument. Peg looked out the window for a moment, then said, “What can I say? Rudolph, the Red, knows rain, dear.”
*Good King Wenceslas phoned for a pizza. The salesgirl asked him, “Do you want your usual? Deep pan, crisp and even?”
Holy Innocents
Christina Rossetti
Unspotted lambs to follow the one Lamb,
Unspotted doves to wait on the one Dove;
To whom Love saith, ‘Be with Me where I am,’
And lo their answer unto Love is love.
For tho’ I know not any note they know,
Nor know one word of all their song above,
I know Love speaks to them, and even so
I know the answer unto Love is love.
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