Waliyai John Jones da John Wall, Saint na ranar don 12 ga Yuli

(c.1530-1598; 1620-1679)

Labarin tsarkaka John Jones da John Wall
Wadannan friars biyun sun yi shahada a Ingila a karni na XNUMX da XNUMX saboda kin musun imaninsu.

John Jones ya kasance Welsh. An naɗa shi firist diocesan kuma an daure shi sau biyu don gudanar da bukukuwan kafin ya bar Ingila a 1590. Ya shiga cikin Franciscans yana da shekara 60 kuma ya koma Ingila shekaru uku bayan haka yayin da Sarauniya Elizabeth ta kasance a tsayin dakan ta. iko. Giovanni ya yi hidimar Katolika a cikin turancin Ingilishi har zuwa lokacin da aka daure shi a shekara ta 1596. Aka yanke masa hukuncin rataye shi, fitar da shi ya raba gida biyu. An kashe Giovanni a ranar 12 ga Yuli, 1598.

An haifi John Wall a Ingila, amma ya yi karatu a kwaleji ta Ingilishi a Douai, Belgium. An kafa shi a Rome a shekara ta 1648, ya koma cikin Franciscans a Douai bayan wasu shekaru. A shekara ta 1656 ya dawo aiki a asirce a Ingila.

A shekara ta 1678, Titus Oates ya fusata da yawa daga Birtaniyya game da wani zargin da ake yi na papal na kashe sarki da mayar da addinin Katolika a kasar. A waccan shekarar, an cire mabiya darikar Katolika daga majalisar dokoki, doka wacce ba a soke ta ba har zuwa 1829. An kama John Wall kuma an daure shi a shekara ta 1678, kuma an kashe shi a shekara mai zuwa.

John Jones da John Wall suna canonized a 1970.

Tunani
Kowane shahidi ya san yadda zai ceci ransa amma duk da haka ya ƙi yin hakan. Bijirewa jama'a game da imani zai kubutar da wasunsu. Amma wasu abubuwa sun fi rayuwa muhimmanci. Wadannan shahidai suna nuna cewa ɗan kishin ƙarni na karni na XNUMX, CS Lewis, ya yi daidai wajen faɗi cewa ƙarfin hali ba kawai ɗayan ɗabi'a ne ba, amma siffar kowane ɗayan kyawawan halaye ne a wurin tabbatarwa, wato a ƙarshen matakin gaskiya.