Yesterday love came down and dwelt among us to stay. Because of this baby, millions have followed him and have given up their lives for him. Let us continually thank God for the gift of our faith and our Catholic identity. Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr who died around the year 33. We read about him in the Acts of the Apostles and that he was a deacon. While he was preaching the Gospel in the streets, Jews who believed his message to be blasphemous, dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death. In the crowd would later be known to us as Saint Paul the Apostle. Saint Stephen is a witness to us of how we can live better lives each day of evangelization.
"Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of our eternal King. Today we celebrate the triumphant suffering of his soldier. Yesterday our king, clothed in his robe of flesh, left his place in the virgin’s womb and graciously visited the world. Today his soldier leaves the tabernacle of his body and goes triumphantly to heaven." ~Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe
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