the children - december 28 2018 holy innocents

In our world today, as it was in the days of Herod, whenever a difficulty arises or a crisis occurs or just for any practical purpose, whenever these call for someone to be sacrificed, the adults always turn to the child as the most expendable and the first to be given up.  When adults want to take it easy for themselves, the first to go are the defenseless, those who could not speak for themselves – we find this child labor and abortion.  And when the resources of the planet is beginning to be depleted the first to go are the children with population control.  Children are taken advantaged of sexually and abused physically by the adults even in the church.  Children are looked upon as a burden in the family and in the society – they are the first to go when something obstruct careers and opportunities; and they are first and the most to suffer in a nasty separation.  Some are not even permitted to live. And many become the most victimized in war which adults create.  Our world today is no different from the time of Herod.  

This Christmas as we honor an innocent child in the manger, and as we honor the innocent children who were abused and killed by Herod in a fit of jealousy, let us think about what is happening around us especially in how we adults view and treat God’s little children.  God always comes into the defense of the disadvantaged especially the children.