Feast of the Holy Innocents, December 28th, 2025
In the Gospel for today's Mass (St. Matthew, Chapter two) in commemoration of the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the scene unfolds before us: The angel appears in a dream to St. Joseph and tells him in no uncertain terms to take Our Lady and the Child Jesus to safety, saying to him: "Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt . . . ." The reason for this urgency is because Herod was angry. "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem . . . . " Herod was beyond angry. In fact, Herod was scared, quite frankly. He was scared that the Messiah had finally come and would replace him of his kingship. St. Joseph did as he was directed by the angel and fled into Egypt along with St. Mary and the Child Jesus. St. Joseph is always such a good teacher for us. In this case, the lesson that we can learn from St. Joseph is to always take God with you no matter where you are going. You see, if we get into the habit of having God with us wherever we go, we will always be in good company no matter the situation we find ourselves in. In this case, St. Joseph was in the company of Our Lady and the Child Jesus. What better company could he have chosen? We are known by the company that we keep. Thus, if we get in the habit of keeping company with Our Blessed Saviour, we know that He will never steer us wrong. Our Saviour makes the best company, . . . the best friend, . . . the best counselor, . . . When we get in the habit of travelling with Our Blessed Saviour we know that we will always go in the direction that He wants us to go in. Even when danger or trial or tribulation faces us, just as it did in today's Gospel passage, take God as your travelling companion. He will always keep you close to Him and never leave you alone.
Please make a point to join us for Mass on Sunday. St. Margaret Church gathers together each and every Sunday at 10:30 am. We worship at the beautiful Chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis. Join us as we listen to the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible. We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. And receive the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Saviour at Communion time. We are all busy. We all lead busy lives. Take an hour out of your busy week and dedicate it to God. Give that hour to God and spend it with Him.
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