Noon Daily Mass (Monday, December 28, 2020)

Join the CIC for daily Mass at 12:00pm ET as Fr. Joe Ruisanchez celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs from our St. Josemaría Escrivá Chapel. Our director, Fr. Charles, is on retreat this week, but we invite you to pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary throughout the Christmas octave with him @    • Christmas Rosary with Fr. Charles  . You can follow along with readings here: http://usccb.org/bible/readings. -----The Story of the Holy Innocents----- Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the Romans and his religious indifference. Hence he was insecure and fearful of any threat to his throne. He was a master politician and a tyrant capable of extreme brutality. He killed his wife, his brother, and his sister’s two husbands, to name only a few. Matthew 2:1-18 tells this story: Herod was “greatly troubled” when astrologers from the east came asking the whereabouts of “the newborn king of the Jews,” whose star they had seen. They were told that the Jewish Scriptures named Bethlehem as the place where the Messiah would be born. Herod cunningly told them to report back to him so that he could also “do him homage.” They found Jesus, offered him their gifts, and warned by an angel, avoided Herod on their way home. Jesus escaped to Egypt. Herod became furious and “ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under.” The horror of the massacre and the devastation of the mothers and fathers led Matthew to quote Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children…” (Matthew 2:18). Rachel was the wife of Jacob (Israel). She is pictured as weeping at the place where the Israelites were herded together by the conquering Assyrians for their march into captivity. text adapted from Franciscan Media To receive notifications of all our upcoming weekday Mass livestreams or events, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel by clicking the red 'SUBSCRIBE' button as well as the 'bell' notification icon. —————————YOUR PRAYER INTENTIONS Let Fr. Charles and the CIC pray for your intentions to be united at the altar during Mass. Submit them through https://cicdc.org/prayerintention. —————————MORE FROM THE CIC CIC Newsletter: https://cicdc.org/newsletter/ Sacraments: https://cicdc.org/sacraments/ Your Prayer Intentions: https://cicdc.org/prayerintention Upcoming and Past Events: https://cicdc.org/events/ Bookstore: https://cicdc.org/bookstore/ Support our mission: https://cicdc.org/donate/ —————————SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook:   / catholicinfo.  . Twitter:   / cicdc   Instagram:   / cic_dc