A Martyr For The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass
By JOE SIXPACK Emperor Diocletian launched the bloodiest, most cruel persecution of all the emperors against the early Church. Indeed, he used Christian bodies dipped in tar and tied to stakes to light the streets of Rome at night. So the cruelty of his soldiers was a natural extension of his own cruelty. One day a virgin named Anysia was going to participate in the Mass, when one of Diocletian’s soldiers stopped her along the way. “Stop!” he shouted, “Where are you going?” Anysia was terrified. She made the sign of the cross and replied, “I’m a servant of Christ and I’m going to our assembly to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.” “I’ll see that you don’t,” said…Continue Reading