"`What I would like is a clarification about martyrdom in odium fidei, whether it can occur either for having confessed the Creed or for having done the works which Jesus commands with regard to one's neighbor,’ (Pope) Francis said”—Joshua J. McElwee

“The Lord is my light and my salvation” (Psalm 21:1a), enabling the Faithful both to confess the creed and to do the works Jesus commands.  “Those who err in spirit” by killing martyrs “shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault” with the likes of Fr. Stanley Rother “shall receive instruction” (Isaiah 29:24) via the canonization process.  “And their eyes were opened” (Matthew 9:30).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 179, Friday of the First Week of Advent I