{"id":6294,"date":"2020-12-28T20:21:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T20:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2020-12-28T20:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T20:25:26","slug":"childermas-feast-of-the-holy-innocents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/28\/childermas-feast-of-the-holy-innocents\/","title":{"rendered":"Childermas &#8211; Feast of the Holy Innocents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v9.0\" nonce=\"HIEDY0lZ\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6295\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134469191_3544778335619064_8540165849041531192_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents &#8211; traditionally called &#8216;Childermas&#8217; in England. As I write this I am watching the great film epic &#8216;Jesus of Nazareth&#8217;; Herod is chillingly played by the great Peter Ustinov, and the slaughter of the boys is depicted vividly. This feast day speaks to us of the cruelty of tyrants like Herod, often meted out to children and the innocent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God bless and take care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Fr Ashley<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3544977015599196&amp;id=773012899462302\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3544977015599196&amp;id=773012899462302\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\">St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3544977015599196&amp;id=773012899462302\">Monday, December 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3545077798922451&amp;id=773012899462302\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3545077798922451&amp;id=773012899462302\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\">St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3545077798922451&amp;id=773012899462302\">Monday, December 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents &#8211; traditionally called &#8216;Childermas&#8217; in England. As I write this I am watching the great film epic &#8216;Jesus of Nazareth&#8217;; Herod is chillingly played by the great Peter Ustinov, and the slaughter of the boys is depicted vividly. This feast day speaks to us of the cruelty of tyrants like Herod, often meted out to children and the innocent. God bless and take care Fr Ashley Posted by St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham on\u00a0Monday, December 28, 2020 Posted by St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham on\u00a0Monday, December 28, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6299,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions\/6299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}