10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (March 7, 2016)

10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (March 7, 2016) March 7, 2016

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2. Why it’s important to remember them all:

story of the martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions is the story of the Paschal Mystery redividus. The Christian becomes most fully herself or himself inasmuch as there is a will to be conformed to Christ in suffering and death. Martyrdom, like Baptism, accomplishes a transformation of the recipient into an “alter Christus”—another Christ.
When the Christian, indeed the world, sees the suffering and death of the martyr, what is happening is not merely a display of cruelty and injustice, but a revelation of suffering giving way to love, retribution giving way to forgiveness, and death giving way to a new kind of life.
In remembering the story of the Church’s earliest martyrs, what is being recalled is not merely their passion, but the Passion of Christ.

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4. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

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6. An illustrated guide to the works of mercy.

7. Powerful prayer and witness:

8. This made me laugh out loud, as they say:

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