Friends, in just two days, Christians were murdered on two continents.
On Friday, gunmen opened fire on a funeral at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church in Karak, Jordan, and killed nine people. On Saturday, armed men attacked Orthodox churches and homes in Oromia, Ethiopia, and killed more than forty.
These are not statistics. They are our brothers and sisters, members of the mystical Body of Christ. When Saul set out to destroy the Church, the risen Jesus asked him, “Why are you persecuting me?” The Lord is still being persecuted in these victims of anti-Christian violence.
Christianity is by far the most persecuted religion in the world today. Those of us who worship in comfort have to ask what the deaths of these martyrs demand of us. At the very least, they demand that we pray for them, learn their names, press our leaders to act, and refuse to look away.
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
@KateKcollins1 I admire you for having found the truth through reasoning and faith. Pope Benedict XVI said: “the Church celebrates mysteries, it does not satisfy personal expectations”
The cloistered Carmelite Nuns of Wolverhampton allowed a 2-person camera crew into the monastery. This was the first time anyone other than a doctor or priest had entered in 90 years.
The footage is amazing. This is my favorite 10 minute section, especially when the youngest and oldest nun sit down and challenge the filmmaker about God.
Truly a breathtaking and beautiful life lived completely apart from the world. Set apart and wedded to Christ forever!