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Monday, December 5, 2022

Offsite Post: 'The Martyrs' Wounds'

 

How beautiful are the martyrs’ wounds

On the bodies of those who bore them!

Yours are indeed full of glory

Young Anastasia the Roman –

Breasts cut off; fingernails pulled out;

Teeth broken; tongue torn; beheaded by a sword.

 

In Heaven now, your scars are worn

As precious ornaments, honoring Christ,

The Archetypal Martyr

And the Victor over death,

Who bestows brilliant crowns

And rest from tribulations

Upon you and all your fellow martyrs.

 

After centuries of calm, these tortures

Are returning to the West, . . .

The rest is at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/the-martyrs-wounds/.

To read the life of St Anastasia, visit this page:

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/29/103099-monastic-martyr-anastasia-of-rome

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

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