Saint Agatha

St. Agatha was born into a rich and important family.  From the time that she was very young the most important thing for her was loving Jesus. She loved Jesus so much that she had a very pure heart and she promised Jesus that she would live her whole life just for Him. It was her love for Jesus that kept her from being tempted to do bad things in her life.  She was such a beautiful girl that many people wanted to marry her, but she refused them all.  Other people would try to get her to do things that were wrong but she trusted Jesus and asked Him to help her stay free from sin and pure. One man was trying to tempt her to sin; he became so mad when she chose to be good, that he hurt her very badly.  Since she would never give up her faith in Jesus and turn her back on Him, she eventually died a martyr for her faith in Jesus.   She lived and died loving Jesus with all her heart.