He felt called by God to go to Japan to do mission work so he and 15 of his companions made the journey to Japan to teach the Japanese people about Jesus. They had not been in Japan very long when all 16 of them were arrested. They were asked to deny their faith but none of them did. They all were tortured in very painful ways but still none of them denied Jesus as their Lord. They were eventually all killed and in 1987, Blessed Pope John Paul II proclaimed them saints.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
St Lorenzo Ruiz
Lorenzo was born in Manila in the Philippines. He is the first Filipino saint and the first Filipino to be martyred for his faith in Jesus. He and his wife had three children, two sons and a daughter.
He felt called by God to go to Japan to do mission work so he and 15 of his companions made the journey to Japan to teach the Japanese people about Jesus. They had not been in Japan very long when all 16 of them were arrested. They were asked to deny their faith but none of them did. They all were tortured in very painful ways but still none of them denied Jesus as their Lord. They were eventually all killed and in 1987, Blessed Pope John Paul II proclaimed them saints.
He felt called by God to go to Japan to do mission work so he and 15 of his companions made the journey to Japan to teach the Japanese people about Jesus. They had not been in Japan very long when all 16 of them were arrested. They were asked to deny their faith but none of them did. They all were tortured in very painful ways but still none of them denied Jesus as their Lord. They were eventually all killed and in 1987, Blessed Pope John Paul II proclaimed them saints.
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