“From the psychological point of view, martyrdom is the most eloquent proof of the truth of the faith, for faith can give a human face even to the most violent of deaths and show its beauty even in the midst of the most atrocious persecutions.”                                  ~Pope John Paul II

For Reflection: Today, I will consider the depth of the martyr’s love of God and beg for the grace to love Him as much.

  Of Mary, there is never enough!

St. Bonaventure tells us that all the angels in heaven cry out incessantly to her: "Holy, holy, holy, Mother of God and Virgin"; and that they offer to her, millions and millions of times a day, the angelical salutation, Ave Maria, prostrating themselves before her, and begging of her in her graciousness to honor them with some of her commands. Even St. Michael, as St. Augustine says, although the prince of the heavenly court, is the most zealous in honoring her and causing her to be honored.