St. Justin Martyr

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Justin. During St. Justin’s life he decided to never end his journey of searching for religious truth even when he converted to Christianity after many years of studying different pagan philosophies.

St. Justin was born during the year 100 and when he was a young man, he was extremely attracted to the school of Plato. However, he was able to find out that the Christian religion was able to answer the great questions about life and existence better than many philosophers.

However, upon his very powerful conversion he decided to continue to wear the philosopher’s mantle, and he eventually became the first Christian philosopher.

St. Justin was able to combine the Christian religion with all of the best elements in Greek philosophy. In his own opinion, philosophy was an educator that was to lead one to Christ.

St. Justin is also known as an apologist, an he is one who defended in writing the Christian religion against many of the attacks and the misunderstandings of the pagans.

Two of St. Justin’s apologies have actually come down to us through many different generations; the apologies are addressed to the Roman emperor and to the Senate.

Due to St. Justin’s loyal and strong commitment to the Christian religion, St. Justin was beheaded in Rome during the year 165.

St. Justin’s feast day is celebrated June 1.

Prayer to St. Justin:

St. Justin help us to be willing to serve Christ during our lives even if we have to put our lives at risk. St. Justin help us to stand up for what is right and help us to guide more people to Christ by treating everyone with love and care.

Amen

St. Justin pray for us

St. Joseph pray for us

May we continue to strengthen our journey to sainthood and keep others in our prayers.

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Works Cited

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Franciscan Media. "Saint Justin Martyr. ”Saint Justin Martyr | Franciscan Media. Accessed 1, June 2021.

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