Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
This upcoming Sunday, September 28th, the Church celebrates the memorial of a great Asian saint, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first canonized Filipino martyr, who was martyred in Nagasaki, Japan.
His torturers aked him, "If we grant you life, will you renounce your faith?"
His response: "That I will never do, because I am a Christian, and I shall die for God, and for him I will give many thousands of lives if I had them. And so, do with me as you please."
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, pray for us.
This upcoming Sunday, September 28th, the Church celebrates the memorial of a great Asian saint, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first canonized Filipino martyr, who was martyred in Nagasaki, Japan.
His torturers aked him, "If we grant you life, will you renounce your faith?"
His response: "That I will never do, because I am a Christian, and I shall die for God, and for him I will give many thousands of lives if I had them. And so, do with me as you please."
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, pray for us.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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