The Martyr’s Death and the Birth of Christ
Stephen’s brief ministry and death participate in and therefore set before us the continuous act of suffering known as the incarnation of the Divine Word.
Sympathy for Judas: Martin Scorcese’s Silence
How is one supposed to understand Fr. Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's film?
Christmas is about martyrdom: The lesson of St. Stephen
Christmas is a season of joyous celebration because God loves us so very much that he was willing to give up everything for us.
Stephen, full of power and grace
Could I ask, with the martyr St. Stephen, "O Lord, give me every disadvantage, every difficulty, every hardness. Send me out with no tools, no friends, no worldly hopes of vengeance or reward. Put me among the hateful, the violent, the diseased, the unstable"?
Musings on Calvary
Calvary is really about being a Christian, which means being willing to follow Jesus into the valley of the shadow of death, confident even in the midst of fear and pain that “thou art with me” (Ps 23:4).