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SUMMARY:Saint John Ogilvie
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Ogilvie\nSaint of the Day for March 11\n(1579 –  March 10\, 1615)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODMar11.mp3\nSaint John Ogilvie’s Story\nJohn Ogilvie’s noble Scottish family was partly Catholic and partly Presbyterian. His father raised him as a Calvinist\, sending him to the continent to be educated. There\, John became interested in the popular debates going on between Catholic and Calvinist scholars. Confused by the arguments of Catholic scholars whom he sought out\, he turned to Scripture. Two texts particularly struck him: “God wills all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth\,” and “Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome\, and I will refresh you.” \nSlowly\, John came to see that the Catholic Church could embrace all kinds of people. Among these\, he noted\, were many martyrs. He decided to become Catholic and was received into the Church at Louvain\, Belgium\, in 1596 at the age of 17. \nJohn continued his studies\, first with the Benedictines\, then as a student at the Jesuit College at Olmutz. He joined the Jesuits and for the next 10 years underwent their rigorous intellectual and spiritual training. At his ordination to the priesthood in France in 1610\, John met two Jesuits who had just returned from Scotland after suffering arrest and imprisonment. They saw little hope for any successful work there in view of the tightening of the penal laws. But a fire had been lit within John. For the next two and a half years he pleaded to be placed there as a missionary. \nSent by his superiors\, he secretly entered Scotland posing as a horse trader or a soldier returning from the wars in Europe. Unable to do significant work among the relatively few Catholics in Scotland\, John made his way back to Paris to consult his superiors. Rebuked for having left his assignment in Scotland\, he was sent back. He warmed to the task before him and had some success in making converts and in secretly serving Scottish Catholics. But he was soon betrayed\, arrested and brought before the court. \nHis trial dragged on until he had been without food for 26 hours. He was imprisoned and deprived of sleep. For eight days and nights he was dragged around\, prodded with sharp sticks\, his hair pulled out. Still\, he refused to reveal the names of Catholics or to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the king in spiritual affairs. He underwent a second and third trial but held firm. \nAt his final trial\, he assured his judges: “In all that concerns the king\, I will be slavishly obedient; if any attack his temporal power\, I will shed my last drop of blood for him. But in the things of spiritual jurisdiction which a king unjustly seizes I cannot and must not obey.” \nCondemned to death as a traitor\, he was faithful to the end\, even when on the scaffold he was offered his freedom and a fine living if he would deny his faith. His courage in prison and in his martyrdom was reported throughout Scotland. \nJohn Ogilvie was canonized in 1976\, becoming the first Scottish saint since 1250. \n\nReflection\nJohn came of age when neither Catholics nor Protestants were willing to tolerate one another. Turning to Scripture\, he found words that enlarged his vision. Although he became a Catholic and died for his faith\, he understood the meaning of “small-c catholic\,” the wide range of believers who embrace Christianity. Even now he undoubtedly rejoices in the ecumenical spirit fostered by the Second Vatican Council and joins us in our prayer for unity with all believers. \n\nThe Liturgical Feast of Saint John Ogilvie is March 10.
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