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ST MARY GUO LI, WIDOW AND MARTYR - 7 JULY

 

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Saints celebrated on the 7th of July

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SAINT MARY GUO LI, WIDOW AND MARTYR

Mary Guo Li, a native of Hu-jia-che, China (Hebei Province), born in 1835, was a Catholic wife and grandmother, with numerous children and grandchildren, all of whom were raised in the Catholic faith.

ALL HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE RAISED IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH

In 1900 a Chinese quasi-religious faction known to history as the “Boxers” embarked upon a bloody persecution of Christians in China.

Mary instructed her children and grandchildren that under no circumstances were they to deny their faith, warning two of her sons, “Remember that if you apostatise, I shall no longer be your mother!”

RECITING THE ROSARY, FASTING, SPIRITUAL READING

On June 29, 1900, the Boxers raided the family’s home, murdered Mary’s husband Guo Zhinfang, and torched the house.

Sensing that she would soon share her husband’s fate, Mary spent the days that followed preparing herself with the recitation of the rosary, fasting, and spiritual reading.

"WE ARE GOING TO HEAVEN TO ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE"

On July 7 the sixty-five-year-old grandmother was put to death by the Boxers together with three of her daughters and four of her grandchildren. Before being executed, Mary offered a final word of encouragement to her family, telling them, “Don’t cry. We are going to heaven to enjoy eternal life.”

“They are happy whose life is blameless, who follow God’s law.” (Ps 118:1)

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Mary confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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