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*** "For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." | *** "For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." | ||
**** thus early Christian martyrs refused to deny Christ in order to join him in Heaven | **** thus early Christian martyrs refused to deny Christ in order to join him in Heaven | ||
**** and conceived of martyrdom as "baptism in their own blood" | **** and conceived of martyrdom as "baptism in their own blood" which removed any stain of sin | ||
*** see "Reading of the Church Fathers," by James L. Papandrea, p. | ***** making martyrdom "the ultimate penitence" (Papandrea, p. 79) | ||
*** see "Reading of the Church Fathers," by James L. Papandrea, p. 78-79 | |||
* '''Mass''' | * '''Mass''' | ||
** "Eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist | ** "Eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist |