21st January 2022.
St. Agnes’ Feast
St. Agnes, also called Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and patron saint of girls, is one of the most illustrious martyrs of the church. She was mercilessly tortured and killed for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods.
St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. Agnes was very beautiful and belonged to a wealthy family. Her hand in marriage was highly sought after, and she had many high-ranking men chasing after her. However, Agnes made a promise to God never to stain her purity. Her love for the Lord was great and she hated sin even more than death! Whenever a man wished to marry Agnes, she would always say, “Jesus Christ is my only Spouse.”
St. Agnes is also the patron saint of chastity, rape survivors and the children of Mary. She is often represented with a lamb, the symbol of her virgin innocence and a palm branch, like other martyrs.
On 21st January 2022, an online prayer service was conducted to celebrate the feast of our Patroness, St. Agnes. Just as Saint Agnes was strong-willed and had an unshakable faith in the Lord, we too need to have deep faith in the Lord and hand over all our troubles and weaknesses to the Lord.
The children were encouraged to imbibe the virtues of St. Agnes and strive to be good role models to others.
