Mordecai tells Esther she has to to save the Jews, even though, if she doesn't, help will still come from somewhere. Why her then?
Seventy severed heads are piled up at the gates of Jezreel, and Jehu wipes out the followers of Baal. What is the Lord's ultimate judgement?
Second Sunday of Christmas / Holy Name of Jesus
Feast of the Holy Family / Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity
