LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 30, 2023 | Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church "Come, let us worship Christ, the King of martyrs." - invitatory antiphon The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the imperial parks Christians were put into animal skins and hunted, were brutally attacked, and were made into living torches to light the road for Nero's chariot. From 64 to 314 "Christian" was synonymous with "execution victim." Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe to Friday's Morning Prayer here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts.apple.com/.../praying-the.../id1651413437 Brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on Amazon Music, Apple, Google and Spotify. *Music: Pange Lingua Gloriosi (Plain-chant) by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross, Alice Halstead (Pange Lingua: Music for Corpus Christi); Deeper Melodies by WTB Records #CacoscoPodcasts #ChristianPrayer #MorningPrayer #PrayingTheLauds #religion #spirituality #liturgyofthehours #Cacosco2023 #ibreviary #YearA #12thWeekinOrdinaryTime #FirstMartyrsofRome
