Success! They now had about 6 seventy-five pound pigs to donate to the St. So they began to put grain out in one particular spot in the fields to entice the pigs back… And it worked! One day they spotted the small herd out there and quickly recruited the Whites to help corral them. While on my (Tyler) maternity photoshoot with my sister, Ali, we saw the pigs had multiplied and had a bunch of piglets! As the pig roast grew closer, Isaiah and Stephenson knew they wanted to participate in the event and so asked my dad (Phil) if they could donate the escaped pigs! “If you can catch them then go for it!” he laughed. Īnyways, about six months ago we had some pigs escape from their pen to head out into the wilderness. Stephen prayed that the Lord would receive his spirit and his killers be forgiven, sank to his knees, and "fell asleep.” The Jewish mob laid their coats down at the feet of a "young man named Saul" (who later became Paul the Apostle).
Stephen is said to have been unperturbed, his face looking like "that of an angel.” However, Stephen looked up and cried, "Look! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!" The crowd could contain their anger no longer and dragged Stephen out to be stoned. They dragged him to appear before the Sanhedrin, accusing him of preaching against the Temple and the Mosaic Law. Furious at this humiliation, they suborned false testimony that Stephen had preached blasphemy against Moses and God. According to Orthodox belief, he was the eldest and is therefore called "archdeacon.” Members of the Jewish synagogues had challenged Stephen's Christian teachings, but Stephen had bested them in debate. He is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and was one of the first seven deacons appointed by the Apostles to distribute food and charitable aid to the poorer members of the community in the early church. Stephen is considered the very first martyr in the Catholic Church.
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