Significado de la beatificación de los mártires del siglo XX en España en el Año de la Fe

We can draw some conclusions from the beatification of 522 martyrs of the twentieth century in Spain, held in Tarragona on 13 October 2013. It was so far the beatification of the largest number of the martyrs in the history of the Church. This celebration showed the link with the martyrs of the third century. All of them can say the same: they died for their faith in Jesus Christ. They forgave their executioners. Their glorification is a proclamation of peace and reconciliation and a lesson for all Christians. The courage of the martyrs was at the end not their own merit, but the grace of Christ. The martyrdom manifested the fuller identification of the disciples of Christ with the offering of their Master, Jesus Christ and with God the Father and the Holy Spirit for the redemption of the world. The uplifting witness of the martyrs helps the nowadays Christians to renew their life in the power of the Holy Spirit for the good of the Church and the world.