10- Philip

Excerpt from the Fox’s Book of MartyrsPhilip”Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of “disciple.” He labored diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged, thrown into...

9- James

Excerpt from the Fox’s Book of MartyrsJames the Great”The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother...

8- Stephen

Excerpt from the Fox’s Book of MartyrsSt. Stephen”St. Stephen suffered the next in order. His death was occasioned by the faithful manner in which he preached the Gospel to the betrayers and murderers of Christ. To such a degree of madness were they...

7- February 25, 2009

I write not with some new revelation or cool angle or phrase. But just to confess the simple truth that will change everything.God is good.He loves me.

6 ~Isaiah 48:10-11

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

5- February

Wow. A month has already come and passed in 2009. I realize I am only 23, but time is really flying faster and faster. I am not trying to be morbid, but before I realize I will be done with this part of life. If one month, even one year can slip by so easily, it...