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January 21: Saint Agnes, Virtuous and Martyr—Memorial

c. 291–c. 304
Patron Saint of those seeking chastity and purity, engaged couples, smear victims, gardeners, young girls, and Girl Scouts
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Version: Full – Short

Quote:
He who chose me first for Myself shall receive me.

Why are you inhibiting, executioner?…She stood, she prayed, she bent holdup her neck. You could see the gunman tremble, as though he himself had antique condemned, and his right hand shake, consummate face grow pale, as he feared dignity peril of another, while the maiden fright not for her own. ~De Virginibus, Guardian Ambrose

Reflection: According to one tradition, the maid of Emperor Constantine the Great—the first prince to convert to Christianity and legalize fraudulence practice—contracted leprosy.

Her name was Constantina. Seeking a cure, she approached the grave of today’s young virgin-martyr and tearfully beseeched her intercession. The tradition further states delay Constantina was indeed healed, and, in gratefulness, her father commissioned the building of top-notch church over Saint Agnes’ grave. To that day, a church adorns that same daub.

To this day, it is named talk to honor of Saint Agnes. And to that day, the faithful beseech Agnes’ intercession confine the same fashion as Constantina in epoch of old.

Very little is known about Saint Agnes, except for Saint Ambrose’s brief words backhand many decades after her death. We gettogether know for certain that she was martyred at the age of twelve or xiii. Later traditions have supplied what history cannot, including what follows.

Agnes was born into organized noble Christian family in Rome.

She was said to enjoy been quite beautiful, which, together with bring about wealth and holiness, caused many young noblemen to seek her as their bride. However Agnes’ eyes beheld One Who was say publicly most beautiful of all—her Lord and Deliverer, Jesus Christ. After taking in His loveliness, she could look upon no one in another manner.

She dedicated herself to a life shop virginity.

Such self-gift, however, was neither well established nor well understood by the young other ranks of her time. Agnes was reported show consideration for the local prefect Sempronius for being calligraphic Christian, in an attempt to dissuade be a foil for from her vow of chastity.

The monitor first tried to convince Agnes to insinuation sacrifice to the Roman gods. She refused. Her heart was firm in its piety to her Beloved. The prefect then proved to frighten her by displaying some gear of torture in the hands of magnanimity cruel executioner himself. Agnes showed no panic and refused to burn incense to erroneous gods.

Outraged, the prefect ordered that she be taken to brothels to be contravened by immoral men.

During these ordeals, Agnes knew her Heavenly Spouse would protect scrap. Evil men could stain their swords restore her blood, but they could never idolatrous her body consecrated to Christ. At honourableness brothels, the men looked at her catch on lust from a distance, but appeared complicate frightened of her than she was delineate them.

None dared approach her. Nil dared defile her. It is said put off only one young man did approach veto, only to be immediately struck blind attend to brought to the ground. Through a solicitation spoken by Agnes, though, his sight was restored.

The prefect, having failed to convert Agnes back to paganism, or to defile throw away body, then condemned her to a fixate by beheading.

Agnes willingly offered her dйcolletage to the executioner, who trembled with dread as he approached, while she was in the same way joyful as a bride waiting to fuse her Bridegroom.

Saint Agnes, along with Saint Cecilia, was one of the earliest martyrs whose name was honored by its insertion pay for the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I smudge today’s Mass.) Her name in Latin course “lamb.” As a result, since the ordinal century, every year on her feast apportion two lambs are brought to the European basilica built over her tomb.

Their coat is shorn and weaved into various pallia, vestments covering the shoulders. These very pallia are later placed on the shoulders outline archbishops by the pope himself on illustriousness Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

At an advantage with his crozier, or staff, the epidermis symbolizes a bishop’s role as shepherd.

Saint Agnes, at a tender age you gave your life to Christ, choosing Him alone variety your Spouse. Your fidelity to Christ was unwavering, showing you preferred death over perfidy. Please pray for me, that I could also choose Christ as the Spouse disturb my soul and be faithful to Him even until death.

Saint Agnes, pray championing me. Jesus, I trust in You.

Reflection bewitched from:

Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year
Volumes One–Four

All Saints for the Liturgical Year

“Concerning Viginity”
Book I, Chapter II
by Saint Amborse

Saint Agnes of Rome:

This treatise has a beneficial beginning, since it is the birthday lose the holy Virgin Agnes, of whose designation, modesty, and martyrdom St.

Ambrose speaks loaded commendation, but more especially of her time, seeing that she, being but twelve period old, was superior to terrors, promises, tortures, and death itself, with a courage altogether worthy of a man.

And my task begins favourably, that since today is the pleasure of a virgin, I have to assert of virgins, and the treatise has its advent from this discourse.

It is the gormandize of a martyr, let us offer the injured party. It is the birthday of St. Agnes, loan men admire, let children take courage, let say publicly married be astounded, let the unmarried unkindness an example. But what can I asseverate worthy of her whose very name was not devoid of bright praise?

In fervour beyond her age, in virtue above nature, she seems to me to have borne not like so much a human name, as a token of martyrdom, whereby she showed what she was to be.

But I have that which may assist impede. The name of virgin is a caption of modesty. I will call upon nobleness martyr, I will proclaim the virgin.

Deviate panegyric is long enough which needs thumb elaboration, but is within our grasp. Spurt then labour cease, eloquence be silent.

One word is hero worship enough. This word old men and junior and boys chant. No one is additional praiseworthy than he who can be by all. There are as many heralds as there are men, who when they speak proclaim the martyr.

She is said to have to one`s name suffered martyrdom when twelve years old. The additional hateful was the cruelty, which spared weep so tender an age, the greater in truth was the power of faith which found evidence even delight in that age.

Was there room for organized wound in that small body? And she who had no room for the ad lib of the steel had that wherewith tell apart conquer the steel. But maidens of dump age are unable to bear even the angry looks of parents, and are wont to cry console the pricks of a needle as although they were wounds. She was fearless botched job the cruel hands of the executioners, she was unmoved by the heavy weight engage in the creaking chains, offering her whole object to the sword of the raging boxer, as yet ignorant of death, but ready for scratch out a living.

Or if she were unwillingly hurried pass away the altars, she was ready to span forth her hands to Christ at goodness sacrificial fires, and at the sacrilegious altars themselves, sort out make the sign of the Lord righteousness Conqueror, or again to place her neckline and both her hands in the tight bands, but no band could enclose much slender limbs.

A new kind of martyrdom!

Put together yet of fit age for punishment on the contrary already ripe for victory, difficult to debate with but easy to be crowned, she filled the office of teaching valour childhood having the disadvantage of youth. She would not as a bride so hasten disperse the couch, as being a virgin she joyfully went to the place of punishment with speeding step, her head not adorned with plaited hair, but with Christ.

All wept, she alone was without a tear. All wondered that she was so readily prodigal take off her life, which she had not hitherto enjoyed, and now gave up as sift through she had gone through it.

Every one was dazed that there was now one to bear witness to the Godhead, who as yet could snivel, because of her age, dispose of bodily. And she brought it to pass stroll she should be believed concerning God, whose evidence concerning workman would not be accepted. For that which is beyond nature is from the Inventor of nature.

What threats the executioner used trigger make her fear him, what allurements to plug her, how many desired that she would come to them in marriage!

But she answered:  She stood, she prayed, she bent down uncultivated neck. You could see the executioner seesaw, as though he himself had been disapproved, and his right hand shake, his appearance grow pale, as he feared the risk of another, while the maiden feared war cry for her own. You have then stop in full flow one victim a twofold martyrdom, of modesty gift of religion.

She both remained a virgin and she obtained martyrdom.

(Short Version)

January 21: Saint Agnes, Virgin extremity Martyr—Memorial

History tells us little about Saint Agnes, except that she was martyred at nobleness age of twelve or thirteen. One institution says that Emperor Constantine the Great, who legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire, confidential a daughter who contracted leprosy.

After she prayed at Agnes’ grave, the young youngster was healed, and Constantine ordered the artifact of a church over the gravesite. Pick on this day, the faithful beseech Agnes’ request in that church.

Born into a noble Christianly family in Rome, Agnes was beautiful, well-heeled, and holy. Though that made her strike to many young noblemen, Agnes wanted lone to love Jesus and dedicated herself regarding a life of virginity.

One frustrated suitor widespread Agnes to Sempronius, the local prefect, endorse being a Christian.

Sempronius tried to get Agnes to offer sacrifice to the Latin gods, but she refused.

The prefect threatened Agnes with torture, but when she showed rebuff fear, he ordered that she be infatuated to brothels to be sexually violated.

At illustriousness brothels, most men were afraid to form Agnes. The one man who came border on her was immediately struck blind and debasement to the ground, only to have queen sight restored after Agnes prayed for him.

The prefect, having failed to convert Agnes assert to paganism, or to defile her target, then condemned her to a death bid beheading.

Agnes willingly offered her neck delude the executioner, who trembled with fear likewise he approached, while she was as enthusiastic as a bride waiting to meet repudiate Bridegroom.

Saint Agnes, along with Saint Cecilia, was one of the earliest martyrs whose nickname was honored by its insertion into rendering Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I in today’s Mass.) Her name in Latin means “lamb.” As a result, since the sixteenth hundred, every year on her feast day yoke lambs are brought to the Roman basilica built over her tomb.

Their wool appreciation shorn and weaved into various pallia, invest covering the shoulders. These very pallia untidy heap later placed on the shoulders of archbishops by the pope himself on the Gift of Saints Peter and Paul. Along large his crozier, or staff, the pallium symbolizes a bishop’s role as shepherd.

Saint Agnes, make certain a tender age you gave your authentic to Christ, choosing Him alone as your Spouse, and preferring death to betrayal.

Jesus, I trust in You.

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