Gospel Verse, Jn 14:6: I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father except through me.The Roman Martyrology commemorates Sts. Maurice and Companions, Christian soldiers who were massacred in Switzerland around the year 287 A.D. because they refused to offer sacrifices to pagan gods. They are also called the Theban Legion or Forty Martyrs.