Homily for the Memorial of
St. Christopher Magallanes & Companions
Thursday, 7th Week of Easter
Acts 22:30, 23: 6-11
May 21, 2026
Christian Brothers, St. Joseph’s Residence,
N.R.
“I’m on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead” (Acts 23: 6).
Paul’s core proclamation is that Jesus has
been raised from the dead, and that changes everything about our relationship
with God and how we live in relationship with God.
The same hope and the same belief motivated
the martyrs of Mexico’s persecution in the 1920s, 25 of whom we commemorate
today, altho there were hundreds more, and some of them have been
beatified. Most of today’s 25, as well
as others on different lists, were priests simply intent on fostering the
relationship between believers and God. For
them Jesus Christ was their King, Cristo Rey.
In that, they were aligned with Paul, for
whom Jesus was Lord, for whom Christ was life (Phil 1:210. Christ rendered everything else as so much
rubbish (Phil 3:8). Jesus Christ shows
us “the path to life, fullness of joys in [his] presence, the delights at [his]
right hand forever” (Ps 16:11).
That is our faith. That is our hope. That is the faith and hope of thousands who
today suffer harassment and persecution.
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