Lux Domini
And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

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Interpretation

Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments.

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This thought runs through Mark 6:25-29.