April 25
Leonardo Pérez Larios, martyr (1883–1927)
Martyr
Practical advice
Recognize today that a frustrated circumstance does not cancel your vocation: choose a concrete way to serve from your present situation.
Biography
A Mexican layman from Lagos de Moreno, Leonardo Pérez worked in commerce and supported two sisters who depended on him. She was unable to fulfill her desires for marriage or religious life, but she fully lived her baptismal vocation through Eucharistic adoration, chastity, and service to the Church. He was arrested in León for meeting two persecuted priests. When questioned, he openly declared that he was Catholic, apostolic and Roman. He was shot with Blesseds José Trinidad Rangel and Andrés Solá.
Example of
FortitudeFaithfulnessSacrifice