SS. Abdon and Sennen, MARTYRS, A.D. 250.
by VP
Posted on Tuesday July 30, 2024 at 01:00AM in Saints
Pray for all in persecution and trouble,
that they may be supported with heavenly comforts. And since the suffering of the martyrs is a reproach of all
impatience, confess your weakness in this point, and pray for remedy.
But let your endeavours accompany your prayers, and forget not your duty
in the time of trial. Be watchful against all manner of anger and dejection. These are two mischievous passions, which enslave the mind, darken the understanding, and hinder all the effects of grace.
Make your first opposition against these; and let no deceitful
reasoning flatter you into them. Having gained ground here, you have in
this removed the greatest obstacles, and may hope by degrees to advance, so as to stand constant under the most oppressing evils. This is the constancy of the martyrs: pray for it daily, and on this day especially beseech these holy martyrs to procure it for you." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
