The main thing about martyrs is not that they suffer it is that they witness. . Let us not imagine that the shedding of blood is the only form of martyrdom; there is martyrdom in everything.
February 6-February 13 Liturgical Highlights: Lent begins in 1 1/2 weeks. Saints celebrated are Paul Miki, Japanese priest martyr, Jerome Emiliani, Josephine Bakhita, Scholastica, and Mardi Gras. Devotion to the Holy Face falls on the day before Ash Wednesday.