{"id":287809,"date":"2021-08-11T03:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T08:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/st-lawrence"},"modified":"2021-08-11T03:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T08:21:10","slug":"st-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/st-lawrence","title":{"rendered":"St. Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St. Lawrence was a third-century deacon and martyr in the Church of Rome. Nothing is known of his early life; as a young man, his honesty and faith prompted Pope St. Sixtus II to place him in charge of distributing Church funds to the poor.<\/p>\n

During the persecution ordered by the Emperor Valerian in the year 257, Pope Sixtus and several other Christians were arrested and put to death. [The feast of St. Sixtus and his companions is celebrated on August 7.]<\/p>\n

Knowing that he himself would soon suffer the same fate, Lawrence gathered together all the Church’s money and gave it away to the poor; he even sold the sacred liturgical vessels to increase the sum. Hearing of this, the prefect (a public official, equivalent to a mayor) of Rome imagined the Christians possessed a vast treasure, and he demanded Lawrence turn it over to him. The deacon agreed, asking only for three days to gather it together; he then assembled a large number of the poor, the sick, and widows and orphans. When the prefect arrived, Lawrence stated, “Here is the Church’s treasure.” The angry official then ordered Lawrence’s immediate execution.<\/p>\n

From Johnnette Benkovic’s Graceful Living: Meditations to Hccccelp You Grow Closer to God Day by Day<\/a><\/p>\n

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“When slow consuming had searedThe flesh of Lawrence for a space,He calmly from his gridiron madeThis terse proposal to the judge:<\/p>\n

‘Pray turn my body, on one sideAlready broiled sufficiently,And see how well your Vulcan’s fireHas wrought its cruel punishment.’”<\/p>\n

— Prudentius on the martyrdom of St. Lawrence<\/p>\n

Martyrdom comes in many ways. Where am I feeling the consuming heat of martyrdom in my life right now? In what specific way can I accept this suffering with joy and strength as exemplified by St. Lawrence?<\/p>\n

image: Städel Museum<\/a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n

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