St Agnes is the saint we celebrate today. She lived in the late third century. She was an important saint in the early church. She was a young girl, probably around the age of 12 or 13, when she died as martyr because of her devotion to the Christian faith. She was killed by Roman authorities at a time of great persecution. Agnes remained an example of great faith to many of our early Church fathers, so much so that the daughter of the Roman emperor Constantine built a basilica in Rome in her honor. She remains an example of faith for us in our modern era. May her courage be an inspiration to us all.
Our psalm today states: The Lord will remember his covenant forever, that we are to praise the works of the Lord and to honor him in the assembly of the just. Many members of the early Church gave up their lives for their faith, with the only other option being to renounce their faith. We, too, can honor the Lord by our words and our actions, by how we live out our lives each day. May we always remember that.
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