When we were little, we used to get books in our Christmas stockings and Easter baskets. Catholic books. Pauline books, for the most part. And one of those books was about today's Blessed, the Mexican martyr Miguel Pro (SJ). The book, "God's Secret Agent," was in the Pauline "Encounter Series," which has undergone several incarnations since then and is now a series of about twenty small paperbacks (still very appealingly written and illustrated). But so far, we haven't released a new edition of "God's Secret Agent." I hope we do.
Father Pro, in case you don't know, performed his priestly ministry clandestinely. He must have been an extraordinarily gifted actor! He used a variety of guises and disguises to get around while avoiding the authorities during brutal persecution. It worked for a time, and then he was betrayed (I think) and delivered over to a firing squad. His last words were "Viva Cristo Rey!"
The beatification cause took a long time because the political situation was so involved. When being a Catholic priest is against the law, any efforts to carry out ministry have political overtones. Plus, Father Pro was "set up" by the government, to make it look as though he were part of a coup attempt. He was not, by any stretch of the imagination, the only martyr of that age. While I was in Rome, a whole crowd of Mexican martyrs from that era was canonized. I keep wondering what kind of witness we are called to give, in our time and culture.
5 comments:
hey nice blog. thanks and God bless.
Sister, please pray for those who reject the Catholic faith and for those who ahte catholic's!!!! Things have left me scared!!!!
At Mass, I found myself thinking we are better off as a Church when we are persecuted. We are more truly disciples of Jesus. (Presuming we correspond to the grace of faith!)
It was me who posted that before you replied back!!!! A few friends and i were at a dispute to a person who is my age, who is claiming he is GOD!!!!! What a freak!!! He went on and one over the subjec trying to get us to say that the Cahtolic churhc is wrong and a false religion!!!! It got to the point i was threatened. I called the police and they are now investigating the whole thing and since it si New grounds for ym area they arent sure how to respond to this!!!!!!! please email me sister and I can show you more about it rahter than going on about things!!!!!
question sister, what songs on are on cd A LITTLE LOVE or something lxose to that??? i cant get it come up on the website, and i want tos ee if i want that cd for christmas. My grandmother got me one 2 yrs ago, well about and i loved it so much!!!! So she wants me ot pik out another cd and she said she would order it!!!!
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