Agnes of Rome (c. year 304) chose Jesus as her only love. She put Jesus first in everything, and neither the allurements nor the violence of the powers of this world could take Him away from her.
Saint Agnes speaks in this ancient antiphon from today's Roman liturgy, which expresses the 1700 year old memory of this singular young girl, consecrated virgin, bride of Christ, martyr: "What I longed for, I now see; what I hoped for, I now possess; in heaven I am espoused to him whom on earth I loved with all my heart."
