Here is my devotion:
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Two things stand out to me in today’s
readings for the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, the first being
how King Herod felt about John:
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,
and kept him in custody.
When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed,
yet he liked to listen to him.
King Herod knew that Saint John was a
righteous man, and that he was speaking truth. But the truth put King
Herod into a funny position. If he listened to Saint John, he would have
to completely change his life. He would have to admit that he was
wrong, and give up the women that he had taken as a wife from his own
brother. He was stuck, and he was very attached to the life that he had,
and because of this he was forced to kill a man who he knew to be holy
and righteous.
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