LIVING BIOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH
THE PASSION and death of Christ and the sacrifice of the martyrs are not blood and water of a birth experience to be forgotten, indeed never known, by the one who was born. These shockingly bloody and brutal events are entrusted to the living biography of the Church, precisely to enable Christians in every generation to remember, to admire, and to emulate. They remind faithful followers of Christ that the Catholic religion is more than a lifestyle or cultural inheritance.
TO THE contrary, Catholicism is a holy way of life that answers the cries of a tortured world. We speak of the peace which only Christ can give. Why only Christ? Because he alone purchased perfect peace by paying the highest price. Do you wish to share in the peace of Christ? Then you must cherish the risk and the martyrdom that won it. Embrace the cross. Kiss the wounds of our Saviour. Tell the stories of the martyrs.