Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. (Lk 12:35-38)

If the Lord finds us ready when he comes, he will serve us! Today is the feast of the North American martyrs who were found vigilant when the Lord came. The martyrs are St. Jean de Brébeuf (1649), St. Noël Chabanel (1649), St. Antoine Daniel (1648), St. Charles Garnier (1649), St. René Goupil (1642), St. Isaac Jogues (1646), St. Jean de Lalande (1646) and St. Gabriel Lalemant (1649). The eight were Jesuit missionaries who died in Canada and upstate New York.