First Korean martyrs (19th century)

Today we commit ourselves to pray especially for the Church in Korea born about two centuries ago, with the conversion of a group of lay people to Christianity, thanks to a contact with Jesuit priests in China. When, finally, a priest was able to travel from China to Korea - which was isolated from the outside - a community of 4,000 Catholics was found there, without any priest. A short time later, there were already 10,000, and a great persecution broke out. Several thousand Catholic Koreans were martyred giving their lives for the faith in Jesus. - "God does not lose battles" ... Those martyrs now see from heaven how their country is one of the most fertile regions in terms of vocations: every year there are about 100,000 conversions.