When you read the Bible, who do you identify with? Scripture is full of people who, like us, are not perfect: Abraham, David, Peter, Paul. Few of us would see ourselves in the evil and impious Herod of Matthew 2:16-18, yet this is the challenge of our Gospel text this morning. This week’s message from Fr. Michael Novotny helps us understand the Old Testament background of the Wise Men, the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt, their return to Nazareth, and Herod’s slaughter of the Holy Innocents.
