I used to pray to be a martyr as a little child. The times were so tame and placid for Catholics then; it’s seemed impossible. Now I’m aware of all the “little martyrdoms” we Catholics suffer every day as we live our lives faithfully. We are made fun of in the media, we are ridiculed in academia, and many of our fellow Christians mock us.
I count it a blessing to live in these times. I am willing to suffer hostility, ridicule, and prejudice for following Christ’s Word. I’m happy I can offer that small sacrifice up for Him. I once heard a priest say that if all our coworkers and acquaintances don’t know we are Catholic, we’ve not been living out our Catholic faith as we should. Everyone who knows us should know where we stand on Christ and the Church. That’s the measure of success.
It’s going to get difficult to live as a Catholic. The faithful remnant will remain.
Perhaps it will depend on what the definition of Roman Catholic turns out to be.
Given that the Pope seems to be increasingly head-strong destined to merging with Islam . . . and at least praising the fallen angels as 'brothers' . . . a la toward the globalist one world religion . . .
folks who go along with THAT 'brand' of Roman Catholocism will likely be treated quite well in this life . . . compared to the more authentic Christians from within the RCC as well as the authentic Proddys.
Certainly at some point, the press of staged and/or evolving END TIMES stuff will create enormous pressure for everyone to acclaim the one world religion. All the more so if Ronald Reagan's postulations about pressures to unite under a world government come true as some of us are convinced they will.
Those who resist will be increasingly ostracised and then hunted down and exterminated for refusing the Mark of the Beast and for refusing to bow the knee to the Ant-Christ . . . for refusing to worship satan as God.
For those the martyr's crown will shine brightly eternally, regardless of the denominational label, imho.