Personal Narrative: My Modern Day Martyr

Stephen was selected to be part of an “expansion” project of the Church. The Church continued to get more and more converts and the Apostles needed more help. The apostles asked the disciples to choose seven of them amongst themselves to continue the works of the Apostles. Stephen was selected along with six others. Stephen started committing great works and signs for the people and this upset the Jews. Jews began to argue with Stephen, but Stephen had the Holy Spirit on his side so they couldn’t win a talking battle against him. Therefore, the angered Jews went and convinced people to say “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. Stephen was then brought to the Sanhedrin. He gave his speech to the Jews, but at the end he called the Jews “stiffnecked” people and rightfully accused them of persecuting many prophets. This angered the Sanhedrin and they sentenced him to death. They dragged Stephen out of the city and stoned him. Right before he died, Stephen said “Lord do not hold this sin against them”, he then died. Stephen was very significant because he was considered to be the first martyr. My “modern day” martyr is Father Ragheed Ganni. This priest was born in Iraq in 1972 in Iraq. Father Ganni studied and Rome and
The two of them were great embodiments of the Christian faith. The two of them were similar in the fact that they stood up for their faith when death was staring them in the eyes. Father Ganni and Stephen both answered to the people that had their fate in their hands by fighting with the power of God and Jesus for the ultimate reward. The two men were also very active members in the faith and weren’t just worshippers. Stephen was chosen by the Apostles to carry on the works of Jesus and Father Ganni was a very decorated priest. In conclusion, the two were similar in the way that they stood up for the faith before they