Pāhonoa te oro

In the third century… during the persecution of Christians in Rome… there lived a man named Lawrence. A deacon of the Church— entrusted with its treasures… and with the care of the poor. He was not a soldier. Not a king. But he was fearless. When the Roman authorities demanded that he hand over the wealth of the Church… Lawrence asked for time. And when the day came… he returned— not with gold… not with silver… but with the poor, the sick, the forgotten. “This… is the treasure of the Ch