St Eulogius

Eulogius received a very good education as a child and he loved to read and study the Bible. The more he studied the Word of God in the Bible, the more he wanted to tell everyone about Jesus and his love for us. When he grew up he became a priest and the principal of a famous school. The rulers of Spain during this time did not like Christians and tried to make everyone who believed in Jesus give up their faith. If you didn’t give up your faith you were thrown in jail and some were killed. Eulogius and his Bishop were thrown in jail because they would never give up their faith in Jesus. While Eulogius was in jail, he read the Bible out loud to remind everyone of God’s love for them and to take away their fear of being in jail. He even wrote a book while he was in prison, “Exhortation to Martyrdom” that encouraged people to never give up their faith and to be willing to die a martyr instead of doing what the rulers wanted and give up their faith. Eulogius was ready to die for his faith, but instead he was set free and he went out and kept telling more and more people about God and many began to believe. Since Eulogius kept preaching the Gospel and helping other Christians hide from the ruler, they became angry and arrested him again. Eulogius preached the Gospel in court and until the day he died as a martyr for the faith.