DEC. 5 | Hope and Violence
“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they were no more.” This prophecy from Jeremiah, quoted in Matthew 2:18, doesn’t generally make it into today’s Christmas pageant. We would prefer the story to end with the wise men offering their gifts to baby Jesus on a silent and starry…
