Martyrs In Saint's Perpetua And Felicity

Have you ever heard of a martyr? Well, if you haven’t, a martyr is someone who is killed for their religious beliefs. Evidence of martyrs in the Catholic Faith is seen in Saint’s Perpetua and Felicity. They were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecutions of the Church in Africa by Emperor Severus. Perpetua and Felicity resisted the impossibly intense pressure to renounce their faith, choosing rather be thrown to wild animals than turn their backs on their beloved lord. Perpetua was a noblewoman and was of high intelligence. She was a high society believer. She was a servant to Perpetua. Both Perpetua and Felicity were part of a group of five catechumens arrested in Carthage for the practice of the faith. At the time, Perpetua was a well-educated tweet-two-year-old mother with a nursing infant. Felicity was a pregnant slave at the time. Together they and their companions were imprisoned and roughly treated by the soldiers as they awaited their martyrdom. The group was baptized in those early days of their arrest, but Perpetua did not have the support of her father; he denounced her
They continued to fight for their own beliefs no matter the obstacles they had to overcome and for that, I will follow in their steps of courage to overcome my hardships. I won’t let anyone’s judgments of my own beliefs get in the way. I want to learn to remain as loyal as Felicity and Perpetua were to the Lord. I know that from understanding and having the knowledge of Felicity and Perpetua’s faith life, I am now able to live a loyal and faithful faith life for my own self. In addition, I am also able to understand that Christianity did not only appeal to those who were slaves, but to noblewomen as well. This just helps me to understand how understanding and welcoming Christianity is. This teaches me that it is alright to be of different race and class rank and be apart of the Catholic