SAINT SE B A ST IA N

BY: DANNY LYNCH

BIOGRAPHY

SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS BORN IN NARBONNE, GAUL

HOWEVER, HIS PARENTS WERE FROM MILAN, SO THAT IS WHERE HE GREW UP
HE WAS A SOLDIER IN THE ROMAN ARMY
HE WAS MARTYRED AROUND 288, IN ROME
HE WAS CANONIZED FOR HIS MARTYRDOM AND HIS ACTIONS HE TOOK TO EVANGELIZE
WE CAN BE MORE LIKE THIS SAINT BY BEING FEARLESS IN OUR EFFORTS TO BE FAITHFUL
WHY HES A SAINT
SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS A MARTYR AFTER HE WAS NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY A
HE WAS A SOLDIER OF THE ROMAN ARMY WIDOW, HE WENT TO DIOCLETIAN
HE BECAME A CAPTAIN OF THE ARMY HE WAS THEN CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY
WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED HE WAS A CHRISTIAN, IT BEATING
WAS ORDERED TO HAVE HIM KILLED BY ARROWS
HE WAS SHOT MANY TIMES, AND THE SOLDIERS
LEFT HIM, ASSUMING HE WAS DEAD
HE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED
HOW WE CAN BE LIKE SAINT SEBASTIAN

SAINT SEBASTIAN IS KNOWN BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT PERSEVERANCE

WE CAN BE LIKE HIM BY STANDING UP FOR OUR FAITH

SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS KNOWN FOR BEING OUTGOING ABOUT HIS FAITH
WE CAN BE THE SAME WAY
CONTRIBUTIONS

SAINT SEBASTIAN CONVERTED MANY SOLDIERS, AND OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL

THERE IS A STORY THAT WHILE TWO OTHER CHRISTIAN GUARDS WERE IMPRISONED, THEIR PARENTS
CAME AND ASKED THEM TO RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH
SEBASTIAN CONVERTED THEM TO CHRISTIANITY AS WELL AS OTHER PRISONERS
HE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN ALL STAND UP FOR OUR FAITH
 EXTRA INFORMATION
AFTER HE WAS MARTYRED, HIS BODY WAS THROWN IN A SEWER, WHERE A WOMAN RECOVERED HIS
BODY
SHE SECRETLY BURIED HIS REMAINS IN THE CATACOMBS IN ROME
NEARLY 80 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS REMAINS WERE REMOVED AND SHARED AROUND A COMMUNITY
OF MONKS IN FRANCE

HIS HEAD IS A RELIC

IT IS IN A SILVER CASE IN EBERSBERG
HIS FEAST DAY IS JANUARY 20 TH
CONNECTION TO THE EUCHARIST
MARCUS AND MARCELLIANUS, WHO WERE ABOUT TO BE MARTYRED, ALMOST GAVE UP THEIR FAITH
BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS WERE SCARED.SEBASTIAN, STEPPED IN AND INSPIRED THEM TO STAY TRUE TO
GOD.
HE SPOKE WITH A HOLY FIRE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO STRONGLY EFFECTED ALL THOSE WHO HEARD HIS
SIMILAR TO THE APOSTLES AT PENTECOST, THEY HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCEND UPON THEM IN THE
FORM OF FIRE.
SAINTS PRAYER
LORD, FILL US WITH THAT SPIRIT OF COURAGE
WHICH GAVE YOUR MARTYR SEBASTIAN
STRENGTH TO OFFER HIS LIFE IN FAITHFUL WITNESS.
HELP US TO LEARN FROM HIM TO CHERISH YOUR LAW
AND TO OBEY YOU RATHER THAN MEN.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON,
WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER.

AMEN.
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