St. Peter Claver
St. Peter left the luxury of Spain for Columbia in 1610
And became the “slave of slaves”
The daily life of St. Peter Claver consisted of hurrying to the slave ships when they arrived Carrying baskets of oranges, lemons, sweet biscuits. Large numbers of the sick were always lying on wet ground or rather in puddles of mud. To prevent excessive dampness, they would build up a mound with a mixture of tiles and broken pieces of bricks. This was their couch, a very uncomfortable one not only for that reason, but especially because they were naked, without any clothing to protect them. Then using his own cloak he covered them.
We haven’t really come too far.
The slavery that existed in our country;
continues to haunt us.
Human beings continue to be sold and trafficked in many parts of the world for sex, body parts and labor.
And then there is the slavery to sin to which everyone struggles to become free.
We must Pray and work
that all people may know the freedom of being a child of God.
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