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Saints of December 28

The Massacre of the Innocents
Fides Viva illustration after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “The Massacre of the Innocents” · original work

Monday, December 28, 2026

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs

  • Feast
  • Red
  • Psalter week 1

Gospel · Mt 2:13-18

Joseph flees into Egypt with the child, and Herod has the children of Bethlehem killed

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Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not

Mt 2:18 · Gospel of the day
  • The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
  • Saint Caterina Volpicelli
  • Saint Theonas of Alexandria
  • Saints Eleutherius and Anthia
  • Saints Martyrs of Nicomedia

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Jesus laments over Jerusalem, which kills the prophets

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