Give Me the Eucharist Or Give Me Death


In the times of the early Church in Africa, when the practice of Christianity was forbidden on the penalty of death, a group of 50 people gathered on a Sunday morning in the marketplace to celebrate mass. For the heathens, Sunday was just another work day, so 50 Christians gathered together to celebrate mass stood out like a sore thumb. The authorities waited until the mass was over and then rounded up the 50 Christians and brought them to the governor of the town. The governor asked the martyrs why they chose to worship openly without fear of being caught. Their reply was that they would rather die than not celebrate the mass.

Would that today's Christians had the same conviction!