Saint Jose Luis Sanchez

José Luis Sánchez del Río was born on March 28, 1913,^[3] in Sahuayo, Michoacán.
When the Cristero War broke out in 1926, his brothers joined the rebel forces, but his mother would not allow him to take part.  The boy insisted that he wanted the chance to give his life for Jesus Christ and so come to Heaven easily. They finally allowed José to become the flagbearer of the troop.
During heavy fighting on January 25, 1928 the government troops captured the boy and imprisoned him in the sacristy of the local church. They ordered him to renounce his faith in Christ, under threat of death. He refused to accept apostasy.
In prison, José prayed the rosary daily and wrote an emotional letter to his mother, saying that he was ready to fulfill the will of God to whom he dedicated himself. His father attempted to raise a ransom to save him, but was not able to appease the government in time to do so, thus failing to secure the release of his son.
On the evening of February 10 they cut the bottom of his feet and obliged him to walk around the town toward the cemetery.  At times they stopped him and said, ‘If you shout, “Death to Christ the King” we will spare your life’. José would only shout, ‘I will never give in. Viva Cristo Rey! He was shot and killed for love of Christ. He was declared a Saint in 2005.