The feast day of St. Onesimus is celebrated on Feb. 16. We learn about St. Onesimus in St. Paul’s letter to Philemon. He had fled from his master, Philemon, after robbing him. St. Onesimus met St. Paul, who was a prisoner in Rome at the time. After meeting St. Paul, Onesimus converted to Christianity.
St. Paul sends him back to Philemon armed with the letter we read in the Bible. In the letter St. Paul pleads for love and forgiveness. Philemon is persuaded to pardon Onesimus who then returns to help St. Paul.
Under the instruction of St. Paul, Onesimus is believed to become a priest and then a bishop. St. Paul has him deliver his Epistle to the Colossians and St. Onesius helps St. Paul to spread the Good News!
It is believed that Onesimus is arrested during the persecutions, brought to Rome in chains and stoned to death in the year 95.
I know of one means only by which to attain perfection:
Love! Let us love,
since our heart is made for nothing else.
Quote of St. Thérèse of Lisieux; Feast day October 1
Feb. is the Month of the Passion of the Lord