#catholic martyr

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Afra

Died: 304

Feast Day: August 5

Patronage: Germany, martyrs, penitent women, medicinal herbs

Saint Afra originally from Cyprus, settled in Germany. She is reputed to have run a brothel in that town. During the Diocletian persecutions, a fleeing bishop hid there, converting Afra, her employees and her family. When she refused to renounce the bishop or her faith to the authorities, she was burned to death. Her mother and three of her servants suffered the same fate.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#St Afra #Catholic martyr #catholic saints #artist on tumblr #catholic women

[stjohncapistrano67]

#traditional catholicism #traditional catholic images #traditional catholic modern art #traditional catholic saints #traditional catholic saints images #traditional catholic saints prayers #st. maximilian kolbe #founder of knights immaculta #franciscan order #franciscan friar #francisican saint #catholic martyr #the day was long

[scotianostra]

The second martyr, and saint of the day, John Ogilvie was executed in Glasgow for saying Mass and for treason on March 10th 1615.

We know a lot more about John Ogilvie than we do about St Kessog, he was born in 1579 at Drumnakeith, Banffshire he belonged to Scottish nobility, his father was treasurer to Mary Queen of Scots, and their family could be traced to King William.

In 1596, at age seventeen he was received into the Church at Louvain in Belgium. Later John attended a variety of Catholic educational institutions, and eventually he sought admission into the Jesuits. He was ordained at Paris in 1610 then moved around a little bit in Scotland, London then back to Paris, finally returning to Scotland in 1613 disguised as a horse trader named John Watson, where he began to preach in secret, celebrating Mass clandestinely in private homes

John’s work was quite successful in bring back many people to the Faith. Some time later he was betrayed by one posing as a Catholic. After his arrest he was initially treated well then was tortured in prison including the ‘watching’ - Ogilvie was kept awake for eight days and nine nights continuously after refusing to reveal the names of other Catholics.

After three trials, John was convicted of high treason because he converted Protestants to the Catholic Faith as well as denied the king’s spiritual jurisdiction by upholding the Pope’s spiritual primacy and condemning the oaths of supremacy and allegiance.

  Sentenced to death, the courageous priest was hanged at Glasgow in 1615 at the age of thirty-six. Ogilvie’s last words were 'If there be here any hidden Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have.' 

As he was pushed to his death he threw his concealed rosary out into the crowd. According to legend, one of his enemies caught it and subsequently became a devout, lifelong Catholic. 

After his execution Ogilvie’s followers were rounded up and put in jail. They suffered heavy fines and imprisonment, but none received the death penalty.

The first pic is a  Mosaic from the National Shrine of St John Ogilvie (1933) in the Jesuit Church of St Aloysius, Glasgow. 'The Watching’ was the torture of sleep deprivation practised on John Ogilvie for nine consecutive nights in 1615. Sharp pins and knives were used to keep him constantly awake as shown in this mosaic. The second a depiction of his execution. 

I’ll just add a wee bit verse at the end here, from a Rabbie Burns poem,  Man was made to mourn. I feel it is important as even to this day torture and war, religious divides and hatred is all too common in this world..............

Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

#scotland #scottish #history #martyr #execution #religious figure #religious history #catholic martyr

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

The talented nuns of Ennetach decorated the ribcage of Saint Felix in Aulendorf. © 2013 Paul Koudounaris.

#ennetach #nuns #ribcage #saint felix #aulendorf #jewels #© 2013 Paul Koudounaris #bejeweled skeleton #catholic martyr #catholic saint #religion

[iluvrockyroad]

Kendall Roy is a Christian er,,, Catholic? martyr turned Jewish.

#kendall roy #christian martyr #succession #Catholic martyr #ex christian #ex catholic #my thoughts

[myblissfulness]

Triduum of Prayer to the Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne  - 02

Scripture Psalm 62

For God alone my soul waits in silence;    from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation,    my fortress; I shall never be shaken.

How long will you assail a person,    will you batter your victim, all of you,    as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence? Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.    They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouths,    but inwardly they curse.

For God alone my soul waits in silence,    for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation,    my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor;    my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.

Trust in him at all times, O people;    pour out your heart before him;    God is a refuge for us.

Those of low estate are but a breath,    those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up;    they are together lighter than a breath. Put no confidence in extortion,    and set no vain hopes on robbery;    if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Once God has spoken;    twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,    and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all    according to their work.

Reading To Quell the Terror, Chap. 4 Abbé de la Marche, a refractory priest exercising a clandestine ministry in Compiègne, counseled Blessed Constance of Jesus, the novice and protomartyr of the Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne during the months that followed their expulsion from the cloister

“My daughter, are wounds inflicted upon your ear when your sisters speak of the guillotine?”

“No, Father. . . .”

“Now I’m going to imagine that they come to take you to prison. . . .”

“Ah! please Father!”

“But come on now—do you really suffer from that?”

“No, Father. . . .”

“Well, next they lead you to the Revolutionary Tribunal where you are condemned to death; do you feel any pain?”

“No. . . .”

“They order you up the steps of the scaffold—does that hurt?”

“No, Father. . . .”

“Well, finally they place you under the blade and tell you to lower your head—is that a torture?”

“Not yet. . . .”

“Then the executioner lets the blade fall and you feel your head separated from your body and you enter paradise—are you happy?”

“Yes, Father . . . I’m no longer afraid.”

Blessed Constance of Jesus (Marie-Geneviève Meunier), novice

Prayer for the Canonization of the Martyrs of Compiègne

Lord our God, you called the sixteen Blessed Carmelites of Compiègne to show you the greatest witness to love through the offering of their blood “so that peace may be restored to Church and State.” Remember the heroic and joyful fidelity with which they glorified you. May your goodness manifest their favor at your side, by granting through their intercession the grace that we ask of you in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. (mention here) Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

https://carmelitequotes.blog/

#catholicism #Traditional Catholicism #traditional catholic #martyrs of compiègne #catholic martyr

[cemeterything]

i always find "you all need church/jesus" to be a really funny response to people being horny on main because in my experience i never thought about explicit kinky gay sex more than when i was in mass

#🐉 #it was like pavlovian conditioning #didnt help that i was raised catholic so there was all this half naked martyr iconography #and talk about the ecstasy of suffering for devotion lmao

[itsmovere]

A martyr's kiss

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #trigun #trigun anime #trigun maximum #trimax #trigun 98 #red halo is for martyrs btw #catholic imagery once again #i am Italian of course i have catholic guilt

[knightsickness]

girl help asoiaf tiktok just found out rhaenyra was fat in the books. discourse falling somewhere between ‘well as a big girl there’s nothing wrong with that! and daemon didn’t have any complaints ;)’ ‘it’s green propaganda and classic hypocrisy! aegon was also fat’ and ‘in medieval times people would have found fat rhaenyra more beautiful than thin alicent! ahistorical fatphobia’. do you think during a war that caused famine and horrific levels of suffering among the peasantry both the royal figureheads being fat is apolitical. do you think it was still admirable when the people were starving. ‘i can’t believe the french revolution fatshamed aristocrats’ level of thinking

#grrm uses the body as a political entity quite a lot it’s interesting #related alicent being thin as relates to the anemic self-denying the real life is in the afterlife catholic martyr #luther railed against. many such cases coldness unrelatability inhumanity of faith etc #anyway go read martin luther’s body: the stout doctor and his biographers 🫵 #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #rhaenyra targaryen #aegon ii #house of the dragon #hotd

[earthdoves]

the golden calf & other false idols

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat / @/ESPNF1 / Exodus 32, New International Version / donpatriziopatdon / AnaFerrariHeart / u/Heng_samnang / The Worship of the Golden Calf by Filippino Lippi (1457–1504) / 2019 Italian Grand Prix / @/babysdrivers / @/evilscuderia / icon-icon / Tifosi at Monza

#charles leclerc #*rin #web weaving #enough catholic charles this st charles that martyr of ferrari dot dot dot.... charles for the protestants now

[portraitsofsaints]

Blessed  Fr. Stanley Rother 1935-1981

Feast Day: July 28 Beatification: September 23, 2017

Father Stanley Rother was born into a farming family in Oklahoma. He became a priest, overcoming the struggles in the seminary, in 1963. Fr. was sent to Guatemala as a missionary, in 1968, to serve the indigenous people. There he built farm co-ops, a school, a hospital, worked with the Catholic radio station to catechize remote villages. His life was one of an ordinary man, lived with kindness, selflessness, joy, and attentive presence for his people. The violent civil war turmoil escalated and he was killed in 1981. His heart and mason jars of his blood were incorrupt 10 years after his death. He is the 1st American born martyr.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#artist on tumblr #Blessed Stanley Rother #Catholic priest #Catholic martyr #catholic saints

[kangaruthi]

#listen u can’t give me a catholic coded teen girl martyr and expect me not to recreate lynch’s jeanne d’arc #anyway might draw gideon as the 1999 butch coded jeanne next #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #art #digital art #fanart

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Caravaggio (Italian, 1571-1610) The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew, ca.1606-07 The Cleveland Museum of Art Saint Andrew’s efforts to introduce Christianity to Greece in the first century AD were met with hostility from local authorities. He was sentenced to die on the cross because he refused to acknowledge pagan gods. For two days, Andrew preached from his martyr’s station to an increasingly sympathetic crowd. Bowing to public demand, Andrew’s would-be executioners attempted to untie him, but their hands were mysteriously paralyzed. Andrew’s desire for martyrdom was thus fulfilled and he died enveloped in divine light.

#caravaggio #italian art #christian art #european art #the crucifixion of saint andrew #art #fine art #classical art #europe #christian #christianity #christian martyr #martyr #christentum #western civilization #catholic #catholic art #catholicism #roman catholic #european #oil painting #fine arts #mediterranean #europa #crucifixion #martyrdom #saint andrew #st andrew #greece #southern europe

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Only the head of Saint Benedictus – named in honor of Saint Benedict, the patron of the monastery – arrived in Muri, Switzerland, in 1681. © 2013 Paul Koudounaris.

#saint benedictus #saint benedict #catholic saint #catholic martyr #bejeweled skull #muri #switzerland #© 2013 Paul Koudounaris. #religion #jewels #halo

[emvidal]

#st blaise #bishop and martyr #catholic #14 holy helpers

[myblissfulness]

Triduum of Prayer to the Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne - 01

Scripture Psalm 62

For God alone my soul waits in silence;    from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation,    my fortress; I shall never be shaken.

How long will you assail a person,    will you batter your victim, all of you,    as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence? Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.    They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouths,    but inwardly they curse.

For God alone my soul waits in silence,    for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation,    my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor;    my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.

Trust in him at all times, O people;    pour out your heart before him;    God is a refuge for us.

Those of low estate are but a breath,    those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up;    they are together lighter than a breath. Put no confidence in extortion,    and set no vain hopes on robbery;    if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Once God has spoken;    twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,    and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all    according to their work.

Reading To Quell the Terror, Chap. 10

The power of men is extended only to what concerns my body, but God alone has jurisdiction over my soul.

Blessed Sister Saint Francis Xavier (Julie Verolot), one of three lay sisters

Prayer for the Canonization of the Martyrs of Compiègne

Lord our God, you called the sixteen Blessed Carmelites of Compiègne to show you the greatest witness to love through the offering of their blood “so that peace may be restored to Church and State.” Remember the heroic and joyful fidelity with which they glorified you. May your goodness manifest their favor at your side, by granting through their intercession the grace that we ask of you in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. (mention here) Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

https://carmelitequotes.blog/

#carmelites #martyrs of compiègne #martyrs #catholicism #Catholic prayer #catholic martyr #Traditional Catholicism