“The believer who has seriously pondered his Christian vocation,

including what Revelation has to say about the possibility of martyrdom, cannot exclude it from his own life's horizon. The two thousand years since the birth of Christ are marked by the ever-present witness of the martyrs.”

                                                 -Pope John Paul II       

For Reflection:

Should circumstances require it, am I willing to suffer martyrdom for the sake of the Church? Why or why not?