Given by: the mother, to her youngest son, in his final trial. Given to: her son — and every reader — as an act of faith over a mother's grief.

Having watched six sons die for refusing to break God's law, the mother urged the last to join them faithfully, her grief transfigured by hope in God's mercy to reunite them.

So thou shalt not fear this tormentor, but being made a worthy partner with thy brethren, receive death, that in that mercy I may receive thee again with thy brethren.

A mother urges her son to accept death without fear, trusting God's mercy to reunite them again.

2 Maccabees 7:29

Your Spirit

Loves God

Loves Neighbor

Your Body

Moral Behaviour