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Becker Bible Studies LibraryMartyrdomFaithful Christians who are oppressed, persecuted, maimed, raped and killed for their belief |
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Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” (Lu 21:36 AV) |
Sister Leonella forgives her killers before she dies - 09/19/2006 "I forgive, I forgive," Sister Leonella whispered in her native Italian just before she died in Somalia, from gunshot wounds by two gunmen. She had often joked that there was a bullet with her name engraved on it. When that bullet came, she used her last breaths to forgive those responsible. Wire Service Reports, "Nun asked forgiveness for killers as she lay dying, colleagues say", Lewiston Tribune, September 19, 2006, Section 2A Return to List |
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