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Slaughter of the Innocents (revisited)
Posted: December 16, 2012
Wrestling with the tragedy in Connectictu…
Emmanuel (God-with-us), why?
Is it Your will that children die?
That fear surprise our trusting hearts
and keep our faith at bay?
Of course we know that's not Your plan.
But ever since the world began
it seems that evil stalks its prey
and steals our peace and joy.
Please help us find the means to cope
amid this season of true hope
that calls to mind You came to earth
to know our grief and pain.
In Newtown or in Bethlehem
where Herod-madness strikes again*,
may Rachel's tears be wiped away
by One who weeps with us.
* St. Matthew 2:13-18
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