Thursday, November 23, 2006

wow..


...now THIS is a family who had faith:


St. Felicity (2nd century)

Felicity was a rich, noble Roman widow. When she refused to worship pagan gods, her seven sons were arrested and given the same order. They refused as well. Felicity was then forced to watch as her children were executed one by one. After each one was killed, she was given the chance to reject her faith and save the remaining sons and herself, but she refused, and was beheaded.


Isn't that increadible?! St. Felicity was beheaded in year 165, so her and her family were one of thr first Christians. What amazing and praise-worthy love they had for Jesus, and what powerful faith!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness! Yes that is powerful faith and such trust in God. Ciao!

Matthew said...

What a powerfully, spiritual family. The beauty of it is that all of them as martyrs went straight to Heaven.

Anonymous said...

Wow. It makes me question my own faith. Would I really be able to put everything in this world before Jesus? Something that maybe I should ponder more.

xx