Wednesday, December 25, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Ursula Read more

St. Ursula

St. Ursula (4th c.) was a pious Christian princess from Britain, perhaps Wales. According to the 13th century Golden Legend she set sail and embarked on a pilgrimage to Rome with a large court of handmaids prior to settling in what is today western France, where she was to be joined in marriage to a local governor. Along her pilgrimage route she attracted many followers who were influenced by...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 282
St. Cornelius the Centurion Read more

St. Cornelius the Centurion

Cornelius was baptized by Saint Peter the Apostle, as we are told in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 10.  He was later made Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine.  He was a Gentile, and his Baptism is commemorated in Holy Scripture because it is the clear message of the Bible that the Faith was to go to the Gentiles by way of preservation to the end of the world. He is remembered on...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 221
St. Isaac Jogues Read more

St. Isaac Jogues

St. Isaac Jogues (1607–1646) was born in France to a middle-class family, and at the age of 17 entered a Jesuit seminary where he displayed a talent for writing and teaching. He was ordained in January of 1636 at the age of 29, and three months later was sent as a missionary priest to the rugged wilderness of New France (now Canada) to work among the Huron and Algonquin Native American...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 267
Saint Luke the Evangelist Read more

Saint Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke the Evangelist (1st c.) was a well-educated Greek physician and a native of Antioch in Syria. He was one of the earliest converts to Christianity, believed to have been one of Jesus' seventy disciples. He was a follower of St. Paul the Apostle and spent most of his life evangelizing with him in Asia Minor up until the time of Paul's martyrdom in Rome. Luke wrote a canonical...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 292
St. Ignatius of Antioch Read more

St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 98-117) was a Syrian who became a disciple of St. John the Apostle. Tradition holds that he was the infant whom Jesus took in his arms, saying, "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me" as recounted in Mark's Gospel. St. Ignatius was a pagan convert to Christianity and...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 300
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