Let us show Christ crucified in our lives

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Nov 8, 2025 · 6m

On Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the beginning of the book of Maccabees (9:1-22) entitled "The death of Judas in battle". Our treasure, which follows, is from a treatise on death as a by Saint Ambrose, bishop.

Saint Ambrose was born of a Roman family at Trier about the year 340. He studied at Rome and served in the imperial government at Sirmium. In 374, while, living in Milan, he was elected bishop of the city by popular acclaim and ordained on December 7. He devotedly carried out his duties and especially…