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Tucson, Arizona, USA. May 21, 11.09am
Joseph Everett was reading Eusebius’ ‘On the Martyrs’ in his study. He punctuated the passages by pacing back and forth as he considered his plan.
After the death of the homeless man, he had taken the stone to Michael and put it around his brother’s neck. He thought he had seen a glimmer of fire in the dead eyes but there was no change. He was disappointed and desperate for an answer. Now he was scouring these ancient texts for clues as to how the deaths of the saints might transform the stones to instruments of healing and power.
As he read, he noted the inventive ways they had of killing people in those early centuries. In the face of such horrific death people became even more fanatic for their faith. Emotion stirred up by the murder of marty
