Reply #65: I was Catholic and the nuns told us horrific stories

[kskiska]

about the lives of the saints and how they were martyred. I had a book with pictures of each one. St. Lucy had been complimented by a man for her beautiful eyes. So as to reject vanity of any sort, she promptly removed them. The picture shows her holding a plate with two eyeballs on it. St. Simon, I think, is portrayed with numerous arrows/spears penetrating his body.

While preparing for First Communion (at age 6), we were told of a little girl who was about to receive the Lord for the first time and was so overwhelmed that she died of joy right there in the church. That was very reassuring.