The Roman Martyrology

Excerpt from The Roman Martyrology: Published by Order of Gregory XIII.; Revised by the Authority of Urban VIII, and Clement X.; Afterwards, in the Year 1749, Augmented and Corrected by Benedict XIV

The wisdom of the Church of God in honoring her Saints is equaled only by the great utility of the practice thus consecrated. The Saints are not merely heroes; they are models. Christ lived in them, and Christ yet speaks through them. They were the living temples of the Holy Ghost, in whose mortal bodies dwelt all the riches of His wisdom and grace. They were in life consecrated human examp lars of divine excellence and perfection. Their example still appeals to our minds and to our hearts, more eloquently even than did their words to the men of their own generation, while they were in the tabernacle of the ?esh. Though dead, they still speak. Their relics are instinct with sanctity, and through them they con tinne to breathe forth the sweet Odor of Christ. The immortality into which they have entered still lingers in their bones, and seems to breathe in their mortal remains. As many an ardent Spirit has been induced to rush to the cannon's mouth by reading the exploits of earthly heroes, so many a generous Christian soul has been fired with heavenly ardor.

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