Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, St. Pancras, Martyrs

“The believer who has seriously pondered his Christian vocation, StsNereusachilleusdomitilla

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       

 St Pancras

For Reflection:

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

Christ to be Cursed in Harvard’s Black Mass

queens head pubThe Archdiocese of Boston is joining its voice to the growing outrage over a black mass scheduled to take place at Harvard’s Queen’s Head Pub, an event the University is calling “cultural” and the Temple is now saying won’t include a consecrated host – but will include “invectives against Christ” during the mass.

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