homeward, so the times call on you to win your way to God. As
God's athlete, be sober; the stake is immortality and eternal
life.
St. Ignatius the God-bearer
Why is St Ignatius called "the God-Bearer"?
Tradition says he was one of the children Jesus took in His arms and blessed. St. Ignatius, was a disciple of the Apostle St. John.
He was martyred in Rome, eaten by lions.
On the way to Rome, he wrote the seven Epistles that have survived to our days. In his Epistle [to the Romans], St. Ignatius asks Christians not to try to save him from death. "I entreat you, do not unseasonably befriend me. Suffer me to belong to the wild beasts, through whom I may attain unto God. I am God's grain, and I am ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found pure bread."
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