In today’s Gospel we see demonic, malevolent power seek to snuff out the Light kindled in Bethlehem. Fear and suspicion corrupt man’s will with a hatred for God’s good will. What is truly senseless is our belief that technology or government or education or regulation can scatter the darkness. Our globe is illumined with artificial lights, yet the darkness has only grown deeper.

Herod has absolutely nothing on Planned Parenthood. No society that discards its offspring as rubbish can be called civilized. Today there are thousands of Herods, some with MDs, and others with PhDs, in prestigious universities of the lowest kind of education….