St. Margaret Clitherow: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections

St. Margaret Clitherow was born about 1556 in York, England, and died on March 25, 1586. Margaret is among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales who were executed between 1535 and 1679 on treason and related charges for defending the Catholic faith.

Margaret converted to Catholicism when she was eighteen, and was an ardent defender of her newfound faith. It was discovered she was hiding priests in her home, and she refused to enter a plea in court because her children and servants would have...