The latest Carmelite martyr: a priest was tortured and killed on his way to celebrate Sunday Mass in Andhra Pradesh, India, Religious Intelligence reports. Carmelite of Mary Immaculate Fr. Thomas Pandippallyil had celebrated Mass on Saturday night for the Sisters of the Chanda Mission. His body was found by the sisters the next day, his legs and hands crushed and his eyes pierced.
No group has claimed responsibility for the murder, although Hindu extremists are suspected.
"He did not die in vain because his body and his blood enrich the Church in India," Archbishop Joji of Hyderabad said. [Zenit]
We also have the hope of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish priest martyred at Auschwitz. In his words:
Courage, my sons, Don't you see that we are leaving on a mission? They pay our fare in the bargain. What a piece of good luck! The thing to do now is to pray well in order to win as many souls as possible. Let us, then, tell the Blessed Virgin that we are content, and that she can do with us anything she wishes.
[image: Religious Intelligence]
1 comment:
Terrible tragedy, unbelievable, but it still happens to Catholic priests and nuns in many places in the world.
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