St Agatha, Trafficked & Martyred for being Christian, not unlike present day's Christian Persecution Enabled by USAID

February 5th is feast of Saint Agatha. the patron saint of breast cancer patients, rape victims, martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, and bakers.  Saint Agatha refused the advances of Quintianus, the district's governor. So he reported her to the authorities. She was subsequently martyred.  Saint Agatha was put to death during the Decian persecution (250–253) in Catania, Sicily, for her determined profession of faith.

"We are not a new philosophy but a divine revelation. That’s why you can’t just exterminate us; the more you kill the more we are. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. You praise those who endured pain and death – so long as they aren’t Christians! Your cruelties merely prove our innocence of the crimes you charge against us:…Tertullian 

Agatha is a model of holiness and courage. She is a powerful intercessor for people suffering from fires
She is an advocate for women who have experienced sexual exploitation.

Saint Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, martyred c. 251. She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, including Saint Lucy aka Lucia of Syracuse (c. 283 – 304 AD). Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution: The early Christians were persecuted, throughout the Roman Empire during the Diocletianic Persecution and the Decian Persecution. While bith were periods of Roman persecution against Christians, the Diocletianic Persecution is considered the most severe and widespread, occurring under Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century, whereas the Decian Persecution was a smaller-scale persecution under Emperor Decius in the mid 3rd century; essentially, Diocletian's persecution was more intense and widespread than Decius's

Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. Saint Lucia, like Saint Agatha are two of the best known virgin martyrs, along with Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria.

Saint Agatha was put to death during the Decian persecution (250–253) in Catania, Sicily, for her determined profession of faith.

Her written legend comprises "straightforward accounts of interrogation, torture, resistance, and triumph which constitute some of the earliest hagiographic literature", and are reflected in later recensions, the earliest surviving one being an illustrated late-10th-century passio.

According to the 13th-century Golden Legend (III.15) by Jacobus de Voragine, 15-year-old Agatha, from a rich and noble family, made a vow of virginity and rejected the amorous advances of the Roman prefect Quintianus, who thought he could force her to turn away from her vow and marry him. His persistent proposals were consistently spurned by Agatha. This was during the persecutions of Decius, so Quintianus, knowing she was a Christian, reported her to the authorities Quintianus himself was governor of the district.
Quintianus expected Agatha to give in to his demands when faced with torture and possible death, but Agatha simply reaffirmed her belief in God by praying: "Jesus Christ, Lord of all, you see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am. I am your sheep: make me worthy to overcome the devil." To force her to change her mind, Quintianus sent Agatha to Aphrodisia, the keeper of a brothel, and had her imprisoned there; however, the punishment failed, with Agatha remaining a Christian.

Quintianus sent for Agatha again, arguing with her and threatening her, before finally having her imprisoned and tortured. She was stretched on a rack to be torn with iron hooks, burned with torches, and whipped. Her breasts were removed by tongs.

After further dramatic confrontations with Quintianus, represented in a sequence of dialogues in her passio that document her fortitude and steadfast devotion, Agatha was then sentenced to be burnt at the stake; however, an earthquake prevented this from happening, and she was instead sent to prison, where St. Peter the Apostle appeared to her and healed her wounds.
Agatha died in prison, probably in the year 251 according to the Legenda Aurea. Although the martyrdom of Agatha is authenticated, and her veneration as a saint had spread beyond her native place even in antiquity, there is no reliable information concerning the details of her death.

The Modern Christian Persecution 

The argument against Christianity used to be 'Separation of Church and state.'  No longer.  Now it's the Persecution of the Church by the State.

Today,  US Vice President JD Vance at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington DC asked; 

“How did America get to the point where we are sending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars abroad to NGOs that are dedicated to spreading atheism all over the globe? That’s not what leadership on protecting the rights of the faithful looks like." 

But it's worse. The Biden Administration has been paying the legacy media to promote atheism;   While Politico can't make payroll without USAID. Keep in mind it's not just Politico. Reuters got $300 million to write hit pieces.  NYT got over $50 million. The AP has also raked in millions not to mention PBS and NPR.  Now you know why NPR's CEO Katherine Maher says that Truth is hazardous to progressive goals.

On the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn Children, atheists like Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. owner of the New York Times, Tony Hunter, CEO of McClatchy Media, Katie Couric  and Democrat Coalition, - @DemocraticWins were using a Woke Bishop's 'powerful' words to indict president Trump while Nancy Pelosi is lamenting she hasn't reach the bottom of the bottomless human depravity pit.

Surely they all knew the Biden Administration launched a war on patriotism, war on Christianity, war on life, war on religious texts buyers, MAGA merchandise buyers, and fishing gear buyers.

Israel and Christians have been under attack from all sides. Including The Biden White House, Chuck Schumer, DOJ, FBI, Hakeem Jeffries, AOC, The SQUAD, NYT, MSM and the  Antisemitic, AntiCatholic Democrat coalition

Chuck Schumer even advocated the overthrow of the Netanyahu Government.

Now, consider

1.  California is No.1 in Child Trafficking
2.  California is No.1 in fentanyl consumption
3. California is No.1 in Homelessness
Where “homeless” is misleading. The vast majority of those on the streets are there due to severe drug addiction and/or mental illness. The issue not that they got a little behind in their mortgage payments and would be back on their feet if someone just offered them a job

4. California is No.1 in poverty
5. California is No.1 I'm the manufacture of Extended Release Culture Pills
6.  California is racing to the bottom of ERCP addiction faster than the high speed rail system rapidly going nowhere
7. California is No. 1 in abortions

Prayer to Saint Agatha

"O blessed Agatha, may I ever enjoy your protection by faithfully witnessing to Christ"

"St. Agatha, you chose to dedicate your life to God at a young age. Please persevere in bringing my petitions before God!"

"St. Agatha, woman of valor, from your own suffering we have been moved to ask your prayers for those of us who suffer from breast cancer"

"Dear Virgin and Martyr, whom the Church recalls in her liturgy, you heroically resisted the temptation of an evil ruler"


O glorious Saint Agatha, through whose intercession in Christ I hope for the restored health of body and soul, hasten to lead me to the true Good, God alone. By your intercession, O blessed Agatha, may I ever enjoy your protection by faithfully witnessing to Christ. You invite all who come to you to enjoy the treasure of of communion with the Holy Trinity. Moreover, if it be for God’s greater glory and the good of my person, please intercede for me with the request of [mention request here].

Saint Agatha, you found favor with God by your chastity and by your courage in suffering death for the gospel. Teach me how to suffer with cheerfulness, uniting myself to Christ crucified with a simplicity and purity of heart. Amen.

Saint Agatha, eloquent confessor of Jesus Christ as Savior, pray for me.

Saint Agatha, the martyr who says to Jesus, “possess all that I am,” pray for me.

Saint Agatha, concerned with the welfare of all God’s children, pray for me.

Saint Agatha, pray for me.