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October 18: ST. LORENZO RUIZ: If I had a Thousand Lives
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz was a father and calligrapher with an ordinary life in Manila — until a ship to Japan changed everything. A devoted member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary who prayed and received Communion faithfully, Lorenzo fled the Philippines to escape a false accusation and ended up captured with missionaries in persecution-era Japan. Offered freedom if he'd only step on a sacred image, he and his companions refused, and Lorenzo became the first Filipino ever canonized a saint. "I am a Catholic, and wholeheartedly do accept death for God. Had I a thousand li...
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Welcome back to the Catholic Sproust podcast, where we know that every day is a feast day. Today is October 18th, so join me for St. Lorenzo Rías, If I Had a Thousand Lives. The guard set the small wooden image on the ground in front of Lorenzo. He knew what they wanted him to do.
The image was called a fumi, a carved image of Jesus or Mary worn smooth by the many feet of people who had stepped on it before him. All Lorenzo had to do was put his foot down, one step, and he could go free. In step, this whole thing would be over and he could live.
Lorenzo Rías looked at the image on the floor. He looked at the face worn smooth by the feet of so many frightened Christians willing to apostatize to save their lives. He thought of the holy Mass which he had attended so many times.
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