When we hear "persecution", we most likely think of the 300 year period of the intermittent Roman persecutions and martyrs, but today's Memorial of St Jean de Brebeuf,. Isaac Jogues, Rene and the five other North American Martyrs that persecution, as predicted by Jesus, would continue from his own time until the Second Coming. It is acknowledged that the 20th century was the bloodiest of centuries because of the two world wars, but it is not as widely known as the century of the most martyrs. Even today, persecution, direct and indirect goes on, a call for us to realize that our faith, if lived as it should be, is not a private affair, but public, and as such is open to ridicule and persecution. Would we be singled out for persecution by our zealous living of our faith, or would our half-hearted, lackadaisical practice of the faith provide the cover for us to escape?
Bro .Rene
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