Those who sacrificed to pass down the faith to us...

This past week, we celebrated the conversion of St Paul on January 25, and then the memorial of St Timothy and St Titus on January 26.  Timothy and Titus were companions of Paul who helped him in his missionary endeavors.  When I was in the Glenwood Cemetery here in Yazoo City taking some photos of some graves to send to someone as part of some genealogical research, I passed by these graves of four nuns of the Sisters of Charity who died here in Yazoo City in the 1800s.  Three of them died of yellow fever, while the fourth died of cholera. These nuns traveled from Kentucky right after the Civil War in order to establish a Catholic school in Yazoo City.   We often take for granted the opportunity we have to go to church, often times in beautiful buildings and wonderful facilities.  Yet, do we really understand all of the sacrifices that prior generations made in order to pass down the faith to us?