St. Basilides and Companions, Martyrs (12 June) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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Join us for the June 12 reading from Dom Prosper Guéranger's masterpiece, The Liturgical Year, honoring St. Basilides, Serenus, Nabor, and Nazarius—Roman soldiers who courageously confessed Jesus Christ during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximin. These heroic martyrs teach us that the peace Christ came to bring is not the peace of the world. It is the threefold peace of reconciliation with God, peace within the soul, and peace among brethren—a peace won only through spiritual combat against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Despite imprisonment, torture, chains, and ultimately martyrdom, these saints remained steadfast in proclaiming: "One Christ, One God, One Lord." Their witness reminds Catholics today that true peace is inseparable from fidelity to Christ and perseverance in the spiritual battle. In this reading, Dom Guéranger beautifully connects the glory of the martyrs with the eternal peace enjoyed in the presence of the Most Holy Trinity, encouraging Christians to walk the path of courage, valor, and divine charity. May the holy martyrs St. Basilides, Serenus, Nabor, and Nazarius intercede for us and obtain for us the grace to remain faithful to Christ in every trial. 00:00 Introduction – June 12 in The Liturgical Year 00:15 Peace and spiritual warfare united in Christ 00:32 The threefold peace preached by Our Lord 00:47 The battle against the world, flesh, and devil 01:04 St. Basilides, Serenus, Nabor, and Nazarius introduced 01:20 Arrest under Diocletian for professing Christ 01:30 Miraculous light fills the prison 01:38 Conversions of the jailer and witnesses 01:46 Torture under Emperor Maximin 02:02 Trial before the emperor 02:11 Martyrdom by beheading 02:19 Christians recover and bury the martyrs 02:28 The true peace of Jesus Christ 02:44 Enduring torture through divine peace 02:59 Peace amidst suffering and death 03:08 Eternal beatitude before the Holy Trinity 03:16 Prayer for courage, peace, and perseverance https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/june/june-12-st-basilides-and-companions-martyrs/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StBasilides #CatholicSaints #DomGueranger #LiturgicalYear #Martyrs #CatholicFaith #TraditionalCatholic #ChurchHistory #CatholicChurch #SpiritualWarfare #PeaceOfChrist #LivesOfTheSaints #CatholicYouTube #ChristianMartyrs #SaintOfTheDay

Topics

• Suffering & Trials