January 18
Jaime Hilario Barbal
Religious educator and martyr
Practical advice
Accept a personal limitation today and, through it, seek a new way to serve.
Biography
A member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools whose civil name was Manuel Barbal Cosán. Progressive deafness prevented him from continuing to teach, but he kept serving in humble tasks. During the religious persecution of 1936, he was executed by firing squad in Tarragona because he was a religious brother.
Example of
Faithfulness in illnessFortitude in martyrdom