Fr Jacques Hamel died a martyr’s death
The Church today is living in a time of saints, and of martyrs, and I suspect we shall see rather more of both in the coming weeks and years. Father Jacques Hamel was brutally murdered during a morning mass. He was 85 years old and has been retired for nearly a decade .
“He could have retired at 75 years old, but he decided to stay and work, to continue to be of service to people, up until it all ended, tragically,”. Father Hamel was celebrating Mass on Tuesday morning when two men with knives entered the small church and slit his throat, an attack that horrified people across France and the world.
Parishioners said they were devastated by the murder. “My family have been here for 35 years and we have always known him,” said the manager of a beauty parlor down the road from the church.
Hamel was “very discreet”, said the woman, who came to know him when she took catechism classes with him as a young girl. “He did not like to put himself forward. He was someone who was very much appreciated in the local community.”
Another neighbor told the magazine: “This was a man who did his job to the very end. He was old, but always available for everyone. He was a good priest. He had been here for many years; he lived in the rectory here. Many parishioners knew him very well.”
Follow the link bellow for a recorded video in honor of Father Jacques Hamel
Welcome home Father Jacqes Hamel you fought the fight you finished the race, come and take your crown of righteousness
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