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In the Evening

O Lord, support us all the day long through this trouble-filled life, until the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in your mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. Amen.

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The Feast of the Holy Innocents

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The children of Bethlehem, killed on Herod's order when the wise men did not come back to tell him where the child was. Matthew gives them three verses and no names, and no other ancient source records the killing at all. The Church has kept them since antiquity as martyrs who witnessed to nothing they understood, and has never agreed on how many they were or, in the end, minded.

The Holy Innocents
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The Day’s Prayers

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Morning Prayer

Psalm 140 · Jeremiah 31:1–17 · Revelation 20

Evening Prayer

Psalm 143 · Song of Songs 5 · Luke 23:1–25

Midday

Psalms 120–125

Family Close of Day

Psalm 134 · Song of Songs 5 · Luke 23:1–25

The Life

The Holy Innocents

Hear of the children of Bethlehem, who bore witness to Christ by their suffering and not by their words.

The Propers

Martyrs

Jeremiah 31:15–17 · Psalm 124 · Revelation 21:1–7 · Matthew 2:13–18