St. Barbara HD

[Music] st. Barbara also known as the great martyr of Barbara and one of the 14 holy helpers was an early Christian martyr born in Heliopolis monisha Barbara was the daughter to a rich pagan named miss chorus this course shielded her from the world by locking her high up within a tower he allowed only her pagan teachers to see her Barbara spent her day admiring all of God's creations she secretly became a Christian and offered herself completely to the Lord choosing a life of consecrated virginity the score is allowed for Barbara to leave her tower when she was older and Barbara used this opportunity to meet other Christians when her father had a private bath house built for her Barbara advised the workers to make a third window creating a trinity of light this became a place full of healing power Barbara informed her father she had become a Christian that would no longer worship his idols full of rage he grabbed his sword to strike her she ran off and hid within the crevice of a large hill but a shepherd betrayed her and revealed her hiding spot her father beat her locked her up and starved her he then handed her over to the prefect of the city under the prefect they continued to torture her but Barbara never renounced her Christian faith she prayed to Jesus and he appeared to heal her womb this made the prefect try harder to get her to renounce the Lord and her Christian faith Barbara was condemned to death by beheading by her own father according to legend as punishment for their actions both discourse and the prefect were killed after being struck by lightning Saint Barbara is the patron saint of armors and artilleryman she is invoked against lightning and fire her feast day is celebrated on December 4th [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 2min 52sec (172 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 16 2019