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In today’s Daily Officer, we remember Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist who sacrificed his life in 1965 to save a young African American woman from a racist attack in Alabama, becoming a martyr of the Episcopal Church and an exemplar of Christian self-sacrifice and justice.

“I knew then that I must go to Selma. The Virgin's song was to grow more and more dear in the weeks ahead." - Jonathan Myrick Daniels

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He was an Episcopal seminarian who answered Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for clergy to join the civil rights movement in Alabama in 1965.

He worked to integrate churches, register Black voters, and advocate for racial equality in the segregated South. Image
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Daniels sacrificed his life at age 26 by shielding Ruby Sales, a young Black activist, from a racist attack in Hayneville, Alabama.

He was recognised as a martyr in the Episcopal Church calendar, exemplifying Christian self-sacrifice and commitment to justice. Image
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He reflected deeply on how faith and activism come together, viewing his work as part of living out "the way of the Cross".

His death brought increased attention to racial injustice and spurred greater involvement of the Episcopal Church in civil rights efforts. Image
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O Almighty God,
who didst give thy servant Johnathan Myrick Daniels
boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ
before the rulers of this world,
and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly
for the sake of the same our Lord Jesus Christ;
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen
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