Tag Archive for ‘Herod Antipas’

Friday 3 February

Ecclesiasticus 47:2-11; Psalm 18; Mark 6:14-29 A right conscience It took courage to rebuke an Oriental King as John the Baptist did, condemning Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for marrying Herodias, his brother’s wife. John preferred death to falsehood. He lived for the truth and was beheaded for it. Herodias murdered John that she might […]