On this night of Resurrection everything begins anew; creation regains its authentic meaning in the plan of salvation. It is like a new beginning of history and of the cosmos, because Christ is risen, ‘the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep (Pope Saint John Paul II, +2005)
Day: April 22, 2025
Popes and Martyrs, Marriage and Montanism
Today’s commemoration of saints are all connected with the persecution The first group suffered under the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius in the mid-2nd century, particularly as it raged in the then-Roman city of Lyons in 177, when the bishop, Saint Irenaeus, met his end, his feast being on June 28th. Many martyrs suffered in that[…]