In Death as in Life, Blessed Miguel Pro Is an Inspiration

National Catholic Register ^ | November 23, 2020 | Kathy Schiffer

[nickcarraway]

Father Miguel Pro’s famous last words before the firing squad were “Viva Cristo Rey” (“Long live Christ the King!”)

Got Faith? And what’s it worth to you?

On this day, people of faith remember 20th-century martyr Blessed Miguel Pro, a Jesuit priest who died by firing squad on Nov. 23, 1927. His joy and courage in the face of execution are an example to all of us. While we will most likely never be asked to defend to the death our deepest held beliefs, we do face “little” persecutions — the scorn of nonbelieving co-workers, or the disdain and disregard of liberal media — on a daily basis. Miguel Pro shows us how to persist in faith, even when the cost of discipleship may be great.

Miguel Agustin Pro was born in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, in central Mexico, in 1891. He entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1911 — just as the Mexican Revolution got under way — and was ordained to the priesthood in 1925.

When Father Pro returned to Mexico in 1926 to serve at Veracruz, he was forced to go “underground.” The Mexican president at that time, Plutarco Elías Calles, vigorously enforced the anti-Catholic provisions of the constitution — imprisoning priests who criticized the government, and fining any who wore clerical garb outside their churches.

Authorities took advantage of an attempted assassination plot to arrest and charge Miguel Pro — ostensibly for the assassination attempt, but in reality for continuing to defend and spread the Catholic faith. Although Pro was innocent of any charges, President Calles gave orders that he should be executed by firing squad.

[Wilhelm Tell]

The left would love to do the same thing here.

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[LisaFab]

Viva Cristo Rey!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Thanks for posting. I decided to do some more reading about him, followed the links to the Christero War, and from there to Graham Greene’s novel, “The Power and the Glory”,set during that time. I started reading it today and, so far, so good.