A Prayer for the Feast Day of the Holy Innocents

We remember this day, 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 and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

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One comment on “A Prayer for the Feast Day of the Holy Innocents

  1. Ad Orientem says:

    That’s odd. I thought the Western Church commemorated the Holy Innocents on the 28th. We (Orthodox) do it on the 29th. Perhaps I have my calendar confused.