Dictation

What kind of a man orders the execution of children to protect his own megolamania? - no, not who you're thinking of, I mean Herod. You have got to wonder at the three wise men tipping him off though, you can imagine it can't you,
'Greetings Herod, we're honoured that you give us audience. Very honoured indeed, yes, have some gold, frankinscense and myrrh, we've brought plenty along, no of course we're not implying by giving you an embalming spice that you're going to die, not at all, never crossed our minds ..... we're looking for a baby to worship? No, no, of course not just any baby, this is a future ruler of Israel, no, obviously we realise that you oh glorious Herod will rule for ever, no, don't kill your own son just to ensure that, erm...well, if we knew where the baby was we wouldn't have come to ask you, well, ok, Bethlehem somewhere, but no actual street name. Yeah but, no but, well, kind of a vision really......'

Anyway, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is today. Although the children lost their lives, it was the mothers who had to suffer most, they would have been unable ever to get that image out of their heads.