Our contemporary Martyrs

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What concerns me the most is that there are many Christians right now being persecuted for their beliefs. Martyrdom isn’t a thing of past centuries.

Many people are martyrs for Christ just within the last few years:
  • One was just a year ago(2011). Alufunzi Ziwa I believe he was guilty of passing out bibles and preaching.
  • There were Christians who were killed in 2010 in Egypt. (Coptic Christians I believe)
Others Still alive and fighting;
  • There is a young christian girl in Pakistan right now accused of blasphemy awaiting her hearing.
  • I have two friends (with others) in Indonesia right now helping to rebuild (in a different area nearby) an orphanage and medical center which was destroyed last year by Muslim mobs who thought the sentencing was too lenient on a christian missionary convicted for blasphemy. I have special prayers for them every day that they can withstand whatever may lay ahead, and for their continuing courage in doing God’s work.
We need to pray for the small martyrs too. We need to pray for the pre-teen and others who get teased in the lunch room for saying grace before they eat…

and many more.

I want to pray for everyone holding to their beliefs in large and small ways. For all Christians in the face of the adversary.
 
Lord, may we persevere in faith and in every good work despite persecution from the world and the devil. Grant strength, courage, peace, determination and your speedy assistance to all faithful Christians. May Catholics be true to You and never lose the Faith.

Hail Mary…

Amen.
 
Our Father, Who Art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come, Thy Will be done
On Earth as it is In Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our Trespasses…
As we forgive those who Trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us From Evil.

Lord, Please be with your children as we strive to live according to your will. Stregnthen and comfort those who are in danger due to their love for you and obedience to your will. Open the hearts of those who persecute others… help them to hear your call to love, and therefor change their actions and their lives.
 
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Lord, may we persevere in faith and in every good work despite persecution from the world and the devil. Grant strength, courage, peace, determination and your speedy assistance to all faithful Christians. May Catholics be true to You and never lose the Faith.

Hail Mary…

Amen.
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Lord God, I pray for all those who are persecuted and punished because of their faith in You. Please strengthen them in adversity. Protect, guard and guide them. Open the eyes, hearts, minds and souls of those who persecute them so that they may be inspired to a change of heart and are drawn into the faith by the examples of these martyrs. All these I ask in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Amen.

St. Paul, pray for them
St. Augustine, pray for them
Blessed John Paul II, pray for them
Blessed Pedro Calungsod, pray for them
St. Lorenzo Ruiz, pray for them
 
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