September 28: St. Wenceslaus, Martyr

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A young duke is killed by a jealous brother and becomes a Czech icon
When the famous die young, their unwrinkled faces, dark hair, and youthful vigor are frozen in time, forever vital, forever attractive, forever fresh. Time is not given its chance to run over their skin like water over rocks. No shaping, cracking, molding or shifting of the surfaces. Before the modern cult of celebrity held up athletes, movie stars, and musicians for supreme adulation, most cultures revered their royalty, soldiers, or holy men and women. Kings and princes, bishops and saints, chiefs and warriors served the common good by governing, praying for, and protecting the people. No class of entertainers distracted a populace from the leadership that mattered. Today’s saint, Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia, was felled in a fateful encounter with his brother Boleslaus the Cruel. Wenceslaus was already famous when he died young and dramatically. All the ingredients needed to guarantee a lasting legacy were present, and his memory endured. He was recognized by the Church as a martyr, posthumously given the title of King, and quickly became an iconic figure to the Bohemian people such that his Feast Day, September 28, is a national holiday in the modern Czech Republic.
Wenceslaus lived as Christianity was still dawning in Central Europe. German missionaries had been laboring among pagan tribes for a few generations with success, but the visible layer of a Christian culture rested on a rock-hard pagan substrata. Central and Eastern Europe were passing through the normal stages of...
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[@RoyNo-f8h]

ST Wenceslas, Martyr. Pray for us. Thank you. AMEN ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@vanishingGolem]

🙏please God, thru Jesus & Mary, accept my praises for you and my thanks for your blessings. Father, forgive my repeated offenses. Holy Spirit, always guide and protect my rica, maja & czari.

[@michaelhaywood8262]

Is there any truth in the legend in the well known Christmas song, where Good King Wenceslas gave relief to a poor man on the day after Christmas [feast of Stephen, St Stephen's Day]?

[@antoniolopes8333]

I remember fondly a carol dedicated to this saint sung usually at Christmas tide, good king Wenceslas, a wonderful reminder of this saint and the true king Jesus Christ, which he and all true Christian people follow, Amen 🙏 ✝️

[@blaiseaimee7098]

All other things I have seen about St. Wenceslaus say he took a vow of chastity at a young age and never married???

[@mt1054]

Thanks be to God that you bring to us the holy men and women of God! I love your channel!

[@dorylee]

St. Wenceslau pray for us!

[@fffff2521]

More than ever.