Saints celebrated on the 2nd of July
BLESSED GEORGE BEESLEY, PRIEST AND MARTYR
(He is also spelled Bisley). [Blessed] George Beesley was a martyr, born at The Hill in Goosnargh parish, Lancaster, England, of an ancient Catholic family; he died July 2, 1591.
He was ordained priest at the English College at Reims, March 14, 1587, and left for England, November 1, 1588. A man of singular courage, young, strong, and robust, he was captured by Topcliffe late in 1590, and was by his tortured reduced to a skeleton.
He endured all with invincible courage and could not be induced to betray his fellow Catholics. He suffered by the statue of 27 Eliz., merely for being a priest, in Fleet Street, London. His last words were "Absit mihi gloriari nisi in Cruce Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" and, after a pause, "Good people, I beseech God to send all felicity".
(From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913)
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr George 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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