They have drunk His cup...

“We multiply whenever we are mown down by you;

the blood of Christians is seed.”  ~  Tertullian, Apology, 50,13

“Let us honor the martyrs of the Lord chosen

out of every class, as soldiers of Christ who

have drunk His cup and were then baptized

with the baptism of His life-bringing death,

to be partakers of His passion and glory…”

St John Damascus

Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, 4, 15

 

Sts. Isaac Jogues,

John de Brebeuf and Companions

Jesuit Martyrs ~ +1642-1649 *

FEAST DAY - Oct. 19

Fr Isaac Jogues gave the original European name to New York's Lake George,

calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement, Lake of the Blessed Sacrament.

*The North American Martyrs and their entrance into eternal life:

St Rene Goupil - Sept 29, 1642

St Isaac Jogues - Oct 18, 1646

St John de Lalande - October 19, 1646

St Anthony Daniel - July 4, 1648

St John de Brebeuf - March 16, 1649

St Gabriel Lalemant - March 17, 1649

St Charles Garnier - December 7, 1649

St Noel Chabanel - December 8, 1649

 

Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf 

and Companions, ora pro nobis!

Prayer to the Eight North American Martyrs
(author unknown)

Let Us Pray

Protect our land, O heavenly patrons, which you have bedewed with the rich treasure of your blood. Watch over our Catholic Faith which you helped to establish in this new land. Bring all our fellow citizens to a knowledge and love of the truth. Make us zealous in spreading abroad a knowledge of Catholic teachings, so that we may continue and perfect the work which you have begun with so much labor and suffering. Pray for our homes, our schools, our missions; for vocations, for the conversion of sinners, the return of those who have wandered from the fold, and the perseverance of all the faithful. Amen.

More on the North American Martyrs... ( a must read!)
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