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   Live for the Lord's Coming   
      
   My brothers and sisters, believe firmly what you believe--that   
   Christ will return. What does it matter when? Prepare yourself for his coming.   
   Live as though he were coming today, and you will not fear his coming.   
   --Augustine-- Sermon 256, 3-4   
      
   Prayer: Enter not into judgement of me, O Lord, my God! I may imagine   
   myself to be ever so just, but when you bring forth your treasury and   
   apply it to me, I am found to be evil. Enter not into judgement of   
   your servant! I am in need of mercy, for I am a fugitive returning and   
   seeking peace. But I am not worthy to be called your child.   
   --St. Augustine--Commentary on the Psalm 142, 6   
      
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   14 October – Blessed Roman Lysko   
      
   Memorial   
     • 14 October   
     • 2 April as one of the Martyrs Killed Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe   
      
    Priest and Martyr (Ukrainian: Роман Лиск) was a Ukrainian Greek   
   Catholic. Born on 14 August 1914 at Horodok, Lviv District, Ukraine   
   and died by being tortured and starved to death on 14 October 1949 in   
   prison at Lviv, Ukraine. He died for the Faith under the Communist   
   regime.   
   Blessed Roman was born on 14 August 1914 in Horodok, Lviv Oblast. He   
   studied theology and graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy. On   
   28 August 1941 he was ordained a priest by Metropolitan Andrey   
   Sheptytsky. He was Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for Ukrainians.   
      
   He was assigned as the administrator for the parish in the village of   
   Kotliw, Oliyiv county. In 1944 he was appointed to a parish in the   
   village of Belzets, Zolochiv county. He was also a member of the   
   underground Ukrainian youth organisation “Plast” in his 30’s and   
   leader of the Plast group “Fox” (Lys).   
   Blessed Roman was active in working with youth, together with his wife   
   (ordaining married priests is a common practice in the Eastern   
   Churches).   
      
   On 9 September 1949, he was arrested by the secret Police, the NKVD   
   (KGB). He was put into prison in Lviv. The people of Liviv reported to   
   one another that after being tortured, the young Fr Roman sang Psalms   
   at the top of his voice. It was then reported that they had immured   
   him alive in the prison walls. His death is officially dated on 14   
   October 1949.   
      
   A plaque on that building on Lonsky Avenue reads that here, within the   
   walls of this building, entombed alive, lies Father Roman Lysko, who   
   gave up his life for his faith.   
   He was beatified by St Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.   
      
   Note: Immurement (from Latin im- “in” and murus “wall”, literally   
   “walling in”) is a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which   
   a person is placed within an enclosed space with no exits. This   
   includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely tight   
   confinement, such as within a coffin. When used as a means of   
   execution, the prisoner is simply left to die from starvation or   
   dehydration. This form of execution is distinct from being buried   
   alive, in which the victim typically dies of asphyxiation. In Blessed   
   Roman’s case, he was actually cemented alive into the prison walls.   
      
   from Anastpaul 2019   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to   
   rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.   
   --St. Philip Neri   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made   
   perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities,   
   that the power of Christ may dwell in me.  (II Cor 12:9)  DRB   
      
      
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   PRAYER – Eternal, almighty God and Father, teach us true sorrow and   
   repentance.  Grant us the grace of trust and hope in Your unfailing   
   love, that we may resist despair as we face the sin of the world and   
   the wiles of the evil one. As we walk always in the Light of Christ,   
   Your Son, following His way, we may never fall into temptation. May   
   the intercession of Your saints and martyrs, be always an assistance   
   to us all. Mary, our Mother of merciful love and Blessed Roman Lysko,   
   pray for us. Through Christ our Lord and the Holy Spirit, God for   
   always and forever, amen.   
      
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