Sunday, December 22, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Isaiah the Prophet Read more

St. Isaiah the Prophet

During the reign of King Manasses, the holy prophet was put to death in Jerusalem by being sawn in two and was buried beneath the oak of Rogel, running near a stream.  The first verse of the Book of Isaiah states that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah (Isaiah 1:1). Uzziah's reign was 52 years in the middle of the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 99
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