Saints of the Week

Saint Tarcisius

Feast Day: 15th August

Virtue: Reverence

Tarcisius lived in Rome. He served Holy Mass in the Catacombs, where the Christians worshipped God because they were persecuted by the pagans.

One day Tarcisius was carrying the blessed Sacrament to the martys in prison when he was caught and beaten. But he did not give up the Eucharist. He died as a boy martyr of the Holy Eucharist. The Christians buried his body with honor in the catacombs. This happened in the third century.

The story of Tarcisius reminds us how much the Christians loved the Blessed Sacrament. Holy Mass and Holy Communion gave them strength to die for their faith.

Tarcisius teaches children to love Jesus in the Eucharist as their best friend. He will help them to be good and to make sacrifices for their Holy Faith as Tarcisius did, for he gave his life for the love of Jesus.

We should ask St Tarcisius for a greater love of Jesus in Holy Communion

Saint Rose of Lima

Virtue: Innocence

Feast Day: 23rd August

Rose was born in Peru. South America. She was very obedient to her parents. She did all she was told to do with a happy smile for the love of Jesus. She always tried to help people.

Rose was very beautiful. Her mother wanted her to wear beautiful clothes, but Rose would say: “Mother, only beauty of the soul is important.”

A rich young man wanted to marry Rose. He offered her a beautiful home and many servants, but she refused. She loved Jesus with all her heart and wanted to serve God. 

When her parents became poor, Rose went out every day to work and at night did sewing to help her parents.

Rose visited the homes of the poor and brought them food. She offered all her sufferings and good works to God for sinners. Our Lord often appeared to her as a little child to tell her how pleased he was with her kind deeds. 

Rose died when she was only thirty-one years of age. She is the first saint of the Americas.