Bishop Joseph Strickland
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617 appearances
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 30 Mar
Bishop Joseph Strickland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And we have great examples in our Catholic faith, in the saints of the ages, of
So many of the saints, and Christ himself says, if they hate you, remember they hated me first.
What is persecution about?
We're persecuted when they hate what we're doing, they hate who we are, they hate what we're saying.
And so we're in good company with Christ himself.
How did Christ respond?
He didn't waver from the truth, but he didn't violently fight back either.
That is, I think, the basic reaction we should have.
We should trust in the power of the truth.
Yes, we can be eliminated.
We can be assassinated in this world, and it happens.
But the truth...
continues to prevail.
And if as Christ died in service to the truth, he was the truth and he died for the truth.
If it comes to that, we shouldn't seek that
Our lives are valuable, but if it comes to that, then we who believe in the truth should be the martyrs, be willing.
If that's what it takes to stand for the truth that I sacrificed my life in this world, it begins to remind us that life is not limited to this world.
We believe in everlasting life.
The salvation of souls is what the Catholic Church exists for.
It may not always look like that through history and in our time, because too many voices seem to be too worried about this world.
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