ST. GEORGE AND HIS DRAGON

Today is the feast of St. George, the martyr, who lived around the 3rd or 4th century. The early centuries of our church were filled with countless dangers for Christians and many were killed because of their faith. I think it is hard for people here in the U.S. to imagine people being persecuted because of their beliefs or to have to worship in secret for fear of being discovered. I dare say many take their faith for granted, and yet we have many men and women throughout our history that died for this faith. St. George is most often shown killing a dragon, the dragon symbolizing evil or wickedness. It is easy to see evil or wickedness around us, but what about within us. Those habits we have or comments we make that can be far from Christian! St. George is someone we can pray too to help us overcome these things; maybe that is what we should do today to honor this early martyr.