Today January 16

Today is the feast of St. Marcellus, pope, died c. 287. He was a brave man who publicly reproached the Emperor Maximian for his cruelty to Christians. He could have kept quiet and "kept the peace," but he was not afraid to rock the boat. And for his pains one of his churches in Rome was turned into a stable -- and Marcellus into the stableboy! He was confined there for several years before his death. St. Marcellus, pray for us.