Today we celebrate the feast of St. Lawerence. We read from John 12:24-26. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains just a single grain. But if it falls to the ground and dies it will bear fruit.

This the beauty of what happens with the blood of the martyrs. St. Lawerence was instructed by the procurator of his government to gather the treasure of the Church and bring it to him, so St. Lawerence brought him the poor. The true treasure of the Church is the souls of the redeemed.

St. Lawerence in his great witness inspired so many to faith.