The little boy Quiricus cried when he saw his mother being tortured, and wanted to go to her. The ruler Alexander tried to sit him on his lap, but the boy kicked him in the stomach and shouted, “Let me go to my mother, I am a Christian.”

Infuriated, Alexander took the child by the foot and threw him down the stone steps of the tribunal, and so Saint Quiricus struck his head on the sharp edges and died.

Saint Julitta, seeing the broken body of her son, gave thanks to God that He had allowed her child to be perfected before her, and to receive the unfading crown of martyrdom. ✝️

Saint David of Gareji was one of the thirteen Syrian fathers who came to Georgia in the 6th century to preach Christianity. When false accusers claimed that a woman was pregnant by him, David prayed — and she miraculously gave birth to a stone, proving his innocence. He is also honored as one of the protectors of pregnant women. ➕

Fr. William Bennett outside the ParkMed abortuary in Manhattan — where preborn children have been killed since before Roe v. Wade. ➕

Fr. William Bennett outside the ParkMed abortuary in Manhattan — where preborn children have been killed since before Roe v. Wade. ➕