Opening Prayer
Lord, teach me to look for you
and when I look show yourself to me.
Without your help I will falter through life,
blind to the many things you do for me,
missing out on the opportunities you lay before me.
Like St. John Ogilvie who did not falter as he went to his
death,
Grant me the confidence and courage
To stand up for what I believe in
And the compassion to forgive those who hurt me.
Amen.
Saint John Ogilvie, pray for us.
Martyr Saint
Priest
Who was
Saint John
Ogilvie?
Scot
Prisoner Convert
Jesuit
Scot
† John Ogilvie was born in 1597 in
Keith, in North East Scotland. Since
1560 it had become illegal to preach
about or promote Catholicism.
Convert
†John Ogilvie was not raised as a Catholic but
as a Calvinist. He was so impressed with the
faith of the martyrs that he decided to become
a Catholic at the age of 17.
Jesuit
†John Ogilvie wanted to become a member of
the Society of Jesus (the same Religious Order
that Pope Francis belongs to) and entered the
order in 1608.
Priest
†Fr John Ogilvie was ordained a priest
in Paris in 1610. After his ordination
he asked to be sent back to Scotland
to minister to the people of his
homeland.
Prisoner
†Fr John Ogilvie was
betrayed by someone
posing as a Catholic. He
was arrested and tortured
in prison in an effort to
get him to reveal the
names of other Catholics.
Martyr
†On 10th March 1615, Fr
John Ogilvie was paraded
through the streets and
then hanged at Glasgow
Cross.
Saint
†John Ogilvie was
canonised a saint in 1976
by Pope Paul VI,
becoming the first
Scottish saint since 1250.