S. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor. "If the Lord is God, follow Him"

Answer me, LORD! Answer me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to their senses.”

-- 1 Kgs 18:20-39

Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc. Jesus says, "You cannot serve God and mammon." Many martyrs died for not adoring "the Beast" refusing even to simulate such worship. Idolatry rejects the unique Lordship of God; it is therefore incompatible with communion with God.

-- CCC 2113

June 9

• St. Ephrem
• Bl. Diana
• St. Columba
• Bl. Anne Mary Taigi
• St. Baithin
• St. Vincent of Agen
• St. Cummian
• St. Julian
• St. Richard of Andria
• St. Maximian of Syracuse
• St. Pelagia of Antioch