Prayers: The Holy Innocents
28 December
Lord God,
we remember today the slaughter by King Herod
of the innocent children of Bethlehem.
Give us grace to be innocent in our lives
and constant in our faith even to death,
to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
God of the Universe,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod:
by your great might frustrate all evil designs,
and establish your reign of justice, love and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord who is alive
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect 333
Heavenly Father,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod:
by your great might frustrate all evil designs,
and establish your reign of justice, love and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord who is alive and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.