Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice’ sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
For traitors on the block should die; I am no traitor, no, not I! My faithfulness stands fast and so, Towards the block I shall not go! Nor make one step, as you shall see; Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me! - Blessed Margaret Pole
Franciscan friar Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and his companions were tortured and killed for their faith in 1860. Little else is known about them, but the testimony of their lives speaks volumes.
And Mary said, 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.' And the angel departed from her - Luke 1:38
Blessed Joseph Gerard wrote about the people he served: “We must love them, love them in spite of everything, love them always.”
