In 1989 a journalist questioned the late Pope John Paul II as to why he hosted the World Youth Day, he responded: “I have come to greet the martyrs of the third millennium”.
The response of the Holy Father amazed the world with what he saw in the youth. But what John Paul said was merely telling the youth of the words of Jesus Christ Himself, “For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.” (Matthew 16:25)
What do these words mean? What does it mean to lose your life for His sake? What does it mean to be one of these "martyrs"? Does it mean that in order to find the life of Christ you must first be decapitated by pagans or fed to lions in the Colosseum? Probably not. What these words tell us is that we must die to ourselves and to the world to allow God to live through us and in us. To die to the world, to die to ourselves is not an easy task and it is takes us our whole lives long to complete. And that is why Erecti Moriamur was created. To support fellow Martyrs on this, and all spiritual endeavors, and to more fully understand what it is to be a Martyr of the Third Millennium.
- Merwin <3
The response of the Holy Father amazed the world with what he saw in the youth. But what John Paul said was merely telling the youth of the words of Jesus Christ Himself, “For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.” (Matthew 16:25)
What do these words mean? What does it mean to lose your life for His sake? What does it mean to be one of these "martyrs"? Does it mean that in order to find the life of Christ you must first be decapitated by pagans or fed to lions in the Colosseum? Probably not. What these words tell us is that we must die to ourselves and to the world to allow God to live through us and in us. To die to the world, to die to ourselves is not an easy task and it is takes us our whole lives long to complete. And that is why Erecti Moriamur was created. To support fellow Martyrs on this, and all spiritual endeavors, and to more fully understand what it is to be a Martyr of the Third Millennium.
- Merwin <3
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