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Father Broom preaches on December 26 – the Feast Day of St. Stephen – the Protomartyr- the first one to die for the Name of Christ. We go from the joy of Christmas Day to the stoning of St. Stephen the next day. The name Stephen means “crowned”. He was crowned by a crown of rocks and won the crown of martyrdom.
Tertullian in the 2nd Century AD says “the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church”. Saul of Tarsus abetted this martyrdom and perhaps the grace of seeing Stephen’s virtuous death softened his heart to God’s call later on.
Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.
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