Martyrdom – Witness, Holocaust, and Glory!

How can one not admire the generosity, fortitude, and charity of these souls? Clinging to the Christian Faith, they faced physical and moral suffering, obtaining, in an instant, eternal life and happiness.

The Most Perfect of Human Acts?

St. Thomas Aquinas ponders upon which could be the greatest of endeavors a person may fulfill. In exploring this topic, he considers martyrdom as the most perfect of human acts from the perspective of charity, the bond of perfection.

St. James, the first martyred Apostle

James is one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus; son of Zebedee. He and his brother John were called by Jesus while they were mending their fishing nets on Lake Gennesaret. St. James the Apostle has paved the way for the world to recognize the Blessed Virgin as the “Pillar” of our Church.

Blessed Margaret Pole – The Price of Integrity

Margaret shone in English history for her virtue and her faith, even when the unjust hatred of the schismatic Henry VIII found in her a victim and an enemy to destroy.

St. Edmund – King, Virgin and Martyr!

Inflexible against the wicked and a true father to his subjects, this valiant king of unblemished purity knew how to be shrewd in fleeing from his enemies, but above all, to be a hero in answer to God’s call. On England’s east coast, against the blue backdrop of the sea, towered a castle, King Edmund’s […]