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| Saint George and the Dragon by Jim Forest |
While devouring this year’s Saint George and the Dragon Veggie Platter, my husband read the following short and inspiring story from Saints for Young People for Every Day of the Year (1963 Edition):
April 23St. GeorgePictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God’s holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil.
He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one of the Emperor’s favorite solders. Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy of the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded him for being so cruel. Then he gave up his position in the Roman army. For this he was tortured in many terrible ways and finally beheaded.
So boldly daring and so cheerful was St. George in declaring his Faith and in dying for it that Christians felt courage when they heard about it. Many songs and poems were written about this martyr. Soldiers, especially, have always been devoted to him.
We all have some “dragon” we have to conquer. It might be pride or anger or laziness or greediness or something else. Let us make sure we fight against these “dragons,” with God’s help. Then we can call ourselves real soldiers of Christ.
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| Comparing the images of St. George found in some of our books. You can find a list with links here. |
I love this! Thank you for continuing to be such a big inspiration for me! God bless.
2015-04-24 06:29:40
God bless you and your beautiful family, Jessica!
2015-04-24 11:10:18
May your Friday be blissfully uneventful! I have had a similar week with something or a few things every day – and it is exhausting.
2015-04-24 11:21:55
I love this so much! You always do such amazing things with your kids. I hope so much that my marriage is blessed with children so I do such fun things!
2015-04-24 12:25:06
I told you on Instagram, but have to post here just how much I LOVE this. I am totally pinning this. I sure wish that book wasn't $185!! lol It looks amazing.
2015-04-24 14:09:33
Thanks, Amy! The set of books we have is from Sean's childhood. There is an updated and revised version, but we don't own it and I'm not sure how it compares to the originals.
2015-04-24 17:22:14
Thank you! I hope you are able to get some rest too! 🙂
2015-04-24 17:23:09