“I do thank our Savior that I was allowed to suffer for Him, and that I may also die for Him.”
Franz to Franzisk https://www.dioezese-linz.at/dl/NopsJKJkkMkNJqx4KoJK/Shining_Example_9_trial_pdf (9 August 1943)
Franz Jägerstätter, was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany. He was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church. Wikipedia
“I do thank our Savior that I was allowed to suffer for Him, and that I may also die for Him.”
Franz to Franzisk https://www.dioezese-linz.at/dl/NopsJKJkkMkNJqx4KoJK/Shining_Example_9_trial_pdf (9 August 1943)