St. Serapion - Soldier, Martyr, Saint of the Sick - November 14

Mercedarian Friars USA This heroic martyr offered up his life in exchange for the lives of Christian captives whose faith was in danger of being lost. He was cruelly tortured on a cross, but bore it willingly in a redemptive spirit for the love of God and his fellow man. (“Convertendo Dominum captivitatem” is Latin for “The Lord turned back the captives.” From the Latin Vulgate of Psalm 125.)