Showing posts with label Religious Persecution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious Persecution. Show all posts

Just Eat The Pork Under Protest!

 

Just Eat The Pork Under Protest! 

(Originally posted on June 30, 2013. Tragically not much has changed since then.)

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

One of my favorite characters in the Old Testament (2 Maccabees 6:18-31) is Eleazar, a ninety year old Jewish scribe, a “teacher of the Law.” He was ordered to eat pork in violation of the Mosaic Law or be killed. He preferred death rather than offend God.

Eucharistic Reflection - Would A Stranger Know?

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