The early Christians were persecuted, throughout the Roman Empire. Seven Women Saints stand out and are often venerated during Mass. The seven names listed in the Roman Canon (the “First Eucharistic Prayer” or “Eucharistic Prayer I”) are women saints of the Church. Sts. Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, and Anastasia are all saints of the Roman Empire .
Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated 22 year old noblewoman, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. Felicity, a slave woman imprisoned with her and pregnant at the time, was martyred with her. They were put to death along with others at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. They refused to renounce their Christian faith despite threats of death, so they were imprisoned and tortured then executed in the amphitheater along with three companions
St. Felicity was the pregnant servant girl of St. Perpetua. They were both thrown to the lions in the Roman province of Carthage in Africa in the very early third century. A high-born noblewoman, Perpetua cared for her young infant while in prison. She was 22 years old at the time. Saint Perpetua kept a diary of her experiences, which is one of the oldest and most notable early Christian texts
St. Felicity gave birth just days before her martyrdom. The child survived and was adopted by the Christian community. Despite the torrent of suffering at the end of their young lives, these women exuded the care of a mother’s heart. St. Perpetua and her servant St. Felicity were martyred by beheading for refusing to denounce Christ.
Their story is an example of the courage and faith of Christians who have endured persecution for their beliefs
The Modern Christian Persecution
"As predictable as this is, it’s still infuriating to see it. For decades, Bashar al-Assad protected minority religious communities in Syria, including the country’s large Christian population. No one in the United States was allowed to notice this, and anyone who did was immediately denounced by neocons as a dangerous extremist. Bari Weiss declared Tulsi Gabbard “monstrous” and an “Assad toady” for noticing. But it was true. Assad protected the Christians. The weaker Assad was, the more Christians died. During the years that neocons in the west backed the war against Assad, the percentage of Christians in Syria went from ten percent to two percent. Now that Assad has been driven from power, many of the remaining Syrian Christians are being slaughtered and their holy places desecrated. Bari Weiss and John Bolton haven’t said a word about it. But no one who’s paying attention can be surprised it’s happening. Neocon projects in the Middle East invariably destroy ancient Christian communities, from Iraq to Gaza and in many places in between. Can this be an accident? You wonder."
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.
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
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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
Prayers for Sts Perpetua & Felicity
Lord God, grant that I may love and serve You as faithfully as Your martyrs Saints Perpetua and Felicity, so that I may someday join them to praise You in Heaven. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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