The beheading of John the Baptist

I'm with Father Z who writes:

Today’s liturgy, on this feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist, perhaps has something to say about what we are witnessing in another sphere.

From the Office of Readings a selection from Ven. Bede in which we read:

His persecutor had demanded not that he should deny Christ, but only that he should keep silent about the truth.

I am deeply disappointed.