Stephen is stoned to death in today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles, dying a martyr’s death with dignity and respect. He kept his faith, telling the Lord not to hold this sin against the people. God’s grace was working within Stephen until the very end.
God works his wonders in so many of his faithful throughout the ages. Today we celebrate a very interesting saint from Mexico who was born in the middle of the 17th century: Sister Juana Inez de la Cruz. She was a very intelligent child. Her love for learning led her to become a nun at the age of 16. She thought that becoming a nun would give her the opportunity to study and learn. She entered the convent of St Jerome in Mexico City. She pursued her studies as a nun with great zeal, becoming a self-taught theologian, poet, and play write. She even wrote an essay defending the rights of woman to access to education. She died after contracting the plague from patients she was nursing. She continues to be a witness to us many centuries after her death. May the intercessory prayers and stories of St Juana Inez de la Cruz and St Stephen continue to encourage us to live in faith and in holiness.
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