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Today, I'm celebrating my birthday. It's also the feast day of a saint and martyr, Saint Lawrence! St. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Rome, was a deacon in the third century. He was charged with the care of material goods in the Church and distribution of alms to the poor. When the Roman persecution of Catholics began, Lawrence knew he would be arrested and likely put to death. He, therefore, quickly distributed the Church's goods among the poor. Tradition dictates that St. Lawrence put aside only…

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Saint Lawrence of Rome as a Model Deacon (St. Ambrose of Milan) | MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER St Lawrence Martyr, Catholic Icons, St Ambrose, Saint Lawrence, You Found Me, St Lawrence, Byzantine Art, Byzantine Icons, Best Icons

By St. Ambrose of Milan (On the Duties of the Clergy) Book 1, Chapter 41: And let us not pass by St. Lawrence, who, seeing Sixtus his bishop led to martyrdom, began to weep, not at his sufferings but at the fact that he himself was to remain behind. With these words he began to address him: "Where, father, are you going without your son? Where, holy priest, are you hastening without your deacon? Never were you wont to offer sacrifice without an attendant. What are you displeased at in me, my…

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