BL. CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 19 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 19th of August

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BLESSED CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Mr Robinson was born at Woodside, in the county of Cumberland, and was a priest of Douay college, during its residence at Rheims. 

He was ordained, and sent upon the English mission in 1592. His missionary labours seem to have been in his own country; where, at length, he was apprehended, and committed to prison. 

During his confinement, he had some conferences with the then bishop of Carlise, whose name also was Robinson. This protestant prelate expressed a great deal of good nature in regard to his namesake, and spared no pains to bring him over to the new religion, by persuasions and promises; but this generous soul was proof against all his allurements and fair speeches, and remained constant in his faith. 

He was sentenced to die, as in cases of high treason, barely on account of his being a Roman catholic priest, and exercising his functions in this nation. His meek behaviour at the place of execution, the sweetness of his words, and of his countenance, and the constancy and cheerfulness with which he died, touched the hearts of many of the spectators, and was the occasion of many conversions. He suffered at Carlisle, August the 19th, 1598.

Source: Bishop Richard Challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Volume 1

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Christopher 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.