Catherine converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. At the age of 18, she debated 50 pagan philosophers who, amazed by her wisdom, became Christians—as did about 200 soldiers and members of the emperor’s family. All of them were martyred. Sentenced to be executed on a spiked wheel, Catherine touched the wheel and it shattered. She was eventually beheaded.
COLLECT
Almighty and everlasting God, fill us with the gift of your Holy Spirit, that we may always present to those we meet the reason for our hope, that following in the footsteps of Catherine of Alexandria, we may bring others to the saving knowledge of your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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