September 28: Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial

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September 28: Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial

c. 1600–1637 Patron Saint of the Philippines, Filipinos, immigrants, the poor, separated families, and altar servers Canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 18, 1987 Liturgical Color: Red

Quote: I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do accept death for God. Had I many thousands of lives I would offer them all for him. Never shall I apostatize. You may kill me if that is what you want. To die for God—such is my will. ~Last words of Saint Lawrence Ruiz

Prayer: Saint Larwence Ruiz and Companions, you endured cruel and ongoing tortures to force you to renounce your faith, but you stayed firm to the end. Please pray for me, that I will never allow persecution or any other form of suffering to deter me from offering my life sacrificially to Christ, for His glory and the salvation of souls, beginning with my own. Saint Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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