courage in faith
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February 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Montanus & Companions, Martyrs
Prison walls could not silence the Church. 🔥⛓️✨ Saint Montanus and his companions faced hunger, thirst, and the threat of death and still refused to deny Jesus. In the darkness of a filthy cell, they held onto the light of… Continue reading
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February 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop & Martyr
Saint Polycarp was out here living the kind of faith that makes comfort look weak. 🔥👑 This is a bishop from the earliest days of the Church, so close to the Apostles that Catholic tradition ties him to Saint John.… Continue reading
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February 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Francis Régis Clet, Vincentian Missionary Priest and Martyr
Some saints are loud. Saint Francis Régis Clet was hunted. 👀🔥 He left France for China in 1791, knowing the mission could cost him everything, and he still wrote: “I find myself on the cusp of happiness. Providence wants me… Continue reading
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February 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
🔥⛩️✝️ Japan tried to silence the Gospel in 1597. Instead, the Cross started preaching. Saint Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, was marched in winter to Nagasaki, bound to a cross, and executed. But here is the part that hits different:… Continue reading
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January 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Martina of Rome, Virgin & Martyr
Rome tried to make her bow. She refused. 👑🔥 Saint Martina of Rome is one of those saints with a “quiet biography” but a thunderous witness. Her story is a reminder that the early Church was built by believers who… Continue reading
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January 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Babylas of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr
Saint Babylas did not die with a sword in his hand. He died with chains on his wrists, and he wanted those chains buried with him. 🔗✝️ This is not soft Christianity. This is the kind of faith that makes… Continue reading
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January 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon & Martyr
🔥⛓️ Saint Vincent of Saragossa did not “vibe” his way through faith. He stared down the Roman machine and refused to fold. A deacon who preached when his bishop could not, Vincent got dragged to Valencia and was tortured for… Continue reading
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January 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Agnes, Virgin & Martyr
🔥🕊️ A teenage girl in pagan Rome stared down an empire and didn’t flinch. That is Saint Agnes. She was young, consecrated to Christ, and so unshakeable that the Church still names her in the Roman Canon at Mass. That… Continue reading
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November 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint James Intercisus, Martyr
He denied Jesus to keep his royal status… and then let his body be cut into 28 pieces rather than betray Him again. 😳✝️ Saint James Intercisus was a famous court official in Persia who caved under pressure, offered sacrifice… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 