Listen to our pastor, Fr. John Arnold, and his homily on the Feast of the Holy Family. Be prepared to consecrate your family to holiness. All the other choices are not nearly as good.
The ‘sacramentum militaie’ (military sacrament) was used with recruits into the Roman army who swore an oath of allegiance and received a mark (such as a tattoo or a brand) and a new name. The Roman Legions had their sacramentum, and the Church had its sacramentum.
The Greek word ‘martyrios’ means ‘witness.’ John the Baptist gave his life as a witness, a martyr and so others have followed as victims of violence and witnesses to the light.