[Salvation]

For your information and discussion.

The Memorial of Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and their companions is celebrated on October 19th in the United States.

[Salvation]

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[Bigg Red]

Inspiring and humbling. Thanks for the ping.

[sandhills]

One of the amazing things about the amazing life of St. Isaac is the decision of the superior to send Isaac back to his captors. Whether he merely quiesced to Isaac’s request, matters not. Surely the Jesuits of that time didn’t choose their assignments, it was an order.

It takes Christ-like superiors (”I send you like lambs in the midst of wolves.”) to help certain people fulfill their destiny as martyrs for the Faith.

[fatima]

Thanks so much for this Salvation.We had a priest friend who used to love to tell this story.He lived about 3 hours from the shrine I think.As a young boy he felt a strong urge to become a priest.Not sure if he had a vocation he got on his bike.He told his mother and father that he was going on an overnight trip with school.He rode his bike all the way to the shrine and knelt in front of the statue of St Joseph and prayed.He fell asleep and the priests found him there and brought him in.They were amazed that he rode his bike that far.I think he was 16 years old then.He decided to become a priest and forged his mother’s signature because she was against it.He wanted to join the Jesuits but they said no because their seminary was too full.He was loved by all and died in the year 2000.His name is Father Joe.

[Antoninus]

These men were truly amazing and their heroism in the face of unspeakable cruelty torment is practically without peer.

Here's a series of books that were produced from the primary sources about the Jesuit missions in New France:

http://www.evolpub.com/ECBookstore/Missions.html

Or if that heavy reading is too much, here are some devotional booklets taken from sources contemporary to the saints in question:

http://www.arxpub.com/Devotional/booklets.html

Their stories really do deserve to be better known. Would that our modern day Jesuits had even 1/20 of their courage, tenacity, and zeal for the True Faith.