St. Augustine wrote: "The martyrs are perfected in righteousness, and they earned perfection through their martyrdom. For them the church does not pray: for the other departed faithful she prays, but not for martyrs. They have gone out of this world so perfected that instead of being our clients, they are our advocates."
My question to you is this: If the victims of the Colorado church shootings died specifically for their Christian faith, do St. Augustine's words apply to them, even though they are evangelical Protestants? Would they now be our advocates--people a Catholic might conceivably want to pray to?
If not, could you explain to me more clearly how this works? Thanks. =)
2007-12-10
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