ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA - 25 NOVEMBER

ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a noble virgin of Alexandria, joined an ardent faith to her studies of the liberal arts. When she saw many Christians seized for punishment by order of Maximin, she approached Maximin himself and boldly declared that faith in Christ is necessary for salvation.

HE TRIED TO TURN HER AWAY FROM CHRIST

Astonished at her wisdom, the tyrant ordered her to be kept in prison. Then he summoned learned men from everywhere to try to persuade her and to convert her to the worship of idols. But the opposite effect happened.

THE OPPOSITE EFFECT HAPPENED

For many of these men were convinced by the most wise arguments of Catherine, embraced the faith in Christ, and would not have hesitated to die for it. Wherefore Maximin tried, first by flattery, then by torments, to turn her away from her belief; but when he saw that these had no effect, he ordered her to be beheaded.

PRAYER:

O God, who gave the law to Moses on Sinai’s height and through your holy angels miraculously placed there the body of blessed Catherine, your Virgin and Martyr; grant, we beseech you, that by her merits and intercession we may reach that towering eminence which is Christ. Who with you…

(From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964)

[St Catherine of Alexandria is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers]

➡️ Saint Catherine of Alexandria - from the Golden Legend

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