St lawrence

Saint of the Day – 10 August – St Lawrence (Died 258) Martyr “Keeper of the Treasures of he Church.” St Lawrence, MartyrBy Fr Francis Xavier Weninger SJ (1805-1888) The many and high encomiums [pra…

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, Titular painting St Lawrence Parish Church, Gozo, /Giuseppe Cali

Today, I'm celebrating my birthday. It's also the feast day of a saint and martyr, Saint Lawrence! St. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Rome, was a deacon in the third century. He was charged with the care of material goods in the Church and distribution of alms to the poor. When the Roman persecution of Catholics began, Lawrence knew he would be arrested and likely put to death. He, therefore, quickly distributed the Church's goods among the poor. Tradition dictates that St. Lawrence put aside only…

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Saint Lawrence a Deacon, of the Church in Rome martyred in in 258 AD

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6 posts published by AnaStpaul on August 10, 2017

Today we commemorate the faith, life, and death of St Lawrence of Rome, who was martyred on this date in AD 258.

By St. Ambrose of Milan (On the Duties of the Clergy) Book 1, Chapter 41: And let us not pass by St. Lawrence, who, seeing Sixtus his bishop led to martyrdom, began to weep, not at his sufferings but at the fact that he himself was to remain behind. With these words he began to address him: "Where, father, are you going without your son? Where, holy priest, are you hastening without your deacon? Never were you wont to offer sacrifice without an attendant. What are you displeased at in me, my…

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