{"id":526,"date":"2015-12-16T03:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T03:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/?p=526"},"modified":"2016-08-07T03:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T03:43:05","slug":"saint-agnes-gui-yin-cao-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/?p=526","title":{"rendered":"Saint Agnes Gui Ying Cao of China"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Saint<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint Agnes of China<\/p>\n

Saint Agnes was born in China and as a young woman, she was married off to a farmer. When her husband died suddenly after only two years, his parents threw her out of the house.<\/p>\n

Saint Agnes was forced to find work as a maid. She moved in with a devout Catholic, who taught her the faith and Saint Agnes consecrated herself to Christ.<\/p>\n

\"Saint<\/a>
Saint Agnes Gui Lin Cao of China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saint Agnes was later sent out to local villages to teach cooking and housekeeping. She never complained about the hard work, and not only taught the catechism, but was a shining example in how she lived the faith.<\/p>\n

In 1856, as anti Catholic sentiment rose, she was arrested and given the choice of renouncing her beliefs or death. \u00a0She would not renounce Jesus.<\/p>\n

At her trial she was again given the choice to deny her faith or be killed. Saint Agnes said<\/p>\n

‘Even should I die, I will not deny my lord’.<\/p>\n

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\"Saint<\/a><\/p>\n

For the crime of being Christian, Saint Agnes was sentenced to be placed in a cage with no food or water until death. \u00a0She \u00a0was heard praying constantly from her cage, and she died on the fourth day. She was 35 years old.<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Lady of China, Pray for Us.<\/p>\n