{"id":24046,"date":"2008-10-19T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T13:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/10\/north-american-martyrs\/"},"modified":"2008-10-19T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2008-10-19T13:41:03","slug":"north-american-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/10\/north-american-martyrs\/","title":{"rendered":"North American Martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">In the North American context these martyrs demonstrate for me the work of grace in the<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/North%20American%20martyrs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px\" height=\"247\" alt=\"North American martyrs.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/North%20American%20martyrs-thumb-300x247.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span>face of tremendous hardship which some would say evil. As a child when visiting my grandparents on their farm in Fonda, New York, my family would make the trip for Mass to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martyrshrine.org\/\">Shrine of the North American Martyrs<\/a> in Auriesville, located in the beautiful Mohawk Valley. I learned early in my life that these martyrs, followed Jesus very closely, even to the point of identifying with Christ crucified and offering their total being to the point of death. The deaths of these men were particularly gruesome. The Gospel pericope for the feast and which focuses the mission is what Saint Matthew records: &#8220;Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.&#8221; <\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuits.ca\/Ania2002\/English\/martyrs.html#jogues\">Brief biographies<\/a> of the martyrs<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">Jesuit Father John Hardon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealpresence.org\/archives\/Martyrs\/Martyrs_003.htm\">reflection on the North American martyrs<o:p><\/o:p><\/a><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">Jesuit Father James Martin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/blog\/entry.cfm?id=1173E29F-1321-AEAA-D3F038A2AB5EC241\">reflection<\/a> on the martyrs<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/cross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 20px 20px 0px\" height=\"190\" alt=\"cross.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/cross-thumb-200x190.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>Jesuit Priests<br \/><\/em>St. Jean de Brebeuf<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">St. <span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">N&ouml;el <\/span>Chabanel<br \/>St. Anthony Daniel<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">St. Charles Garnier<br \/>St. Issac Joques<br \/>St. Gabriel Lalemant<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>Laymen<br \/><\/em>St. Rene Goupil<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">St. Jean de la Lande<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>Father, you consecrated the first beginnings of the faith in North America by preaching and martyrdom of Saints John &amp; Isaac and their companions. By the help of their prayers may the Christian faith continue to grow throughout the world.<o:p><\/o:p><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">It is said that Father Jogues succeeded in burying Brother Rene Goupil calling him a martyr, because slain in hatred of God and the Church, and of their sign which is the Cross, and while exercising ardent charity towards his neighbor.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the North American context these martyrs demonstrate for me the work of grace in the face of tremendous hardship which some would say evil. 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