10 Saint Josephine Bakhita Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 8, 2016)

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10 Saint Josephine Bakhita Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 8, 2016) 2016-02-08T12:13:01-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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Today is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita. #saintoftheday pic.twitter.com/xmazGGC95n

— Diocese of Toledo (@DioceseToledo) February 8, 2016

St. Josephine Bakhita, you experienced the Calvary of human slavery. We pray for all souls in history who have experienced this Calvary.

— Bishop Barres (@BishopBarres) February 8, 2016

3. From John Paul II during her canonization Mass:

Abducted and sold into slavery at the tender age of seven, she suffered much at the hands of cruel masters. But she came to understand the profound truth that God, and not man, is the true Master of every human being, of every human life. This experience became a source of great wisdom for this humble daughter of Africa.
In today’s world, countless women continue to be victimized, even in developed modern societies. In St Josephine Bakhita we find a shining advocate of genuine emancipation. The history of her life inspires not passive acceptance but the firm resolve to work effectively to free girls and women from oppression and violence, and to return them to their dignity in the full exercise of their rights.
My thoughts turn to the new saint’s country, which has been torn by a cruel war for the past 17 years, with little sign of a solution in sight. In the name of suffering humanity I appeal once more to those with responsibility: open your hearts to the cries of millions of innocent victims and embrace the path of negotiation. I plead with the international community: do not continue to ignore this immense human tragedy. I invite the whole Church to invoke the intercession of St Bakhita upon all our persecuted and enslaved brothers and sisters, especially in Africa and in her native Sudan, that they may know reconciliation and peace.

4. A prayer here.

5. A book about her here – the purchase supports the work of Aid to the Church in Need, which helps persecuted Christians.

6. Rosann Lee makes sure something important gets lost — her model for everyone, and especially in things that aren’t always valued as they should be:

She is a saint of almost-unnoticed holiness. Almost. Cooking, sewing, embroidering, and attending the door, she carried out joyfully the call of Christ in the small tasks of a menial, yet eternally important life: every child who entered in through that door to be educated by the Canossian Sisters received the warm welcome of St. Josephine, a hearty hug and a kiss on the top of the head, her love overflowing and her spirit carrying Christ to all who crossed that threshold.

Happy Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita! Let us follow her example and love those who persecute us. #prayforus pic.twitter.com/rEAXZXe6DD

— Cassie Pease Designs (@CPeaseDesigns) February 8, 2016

“I am definitively loved and whatever happens to me—I am awaited by this Love. And so my life is good.” saint josephine bakhita bona feasta

— fr stan fortuna cfr (@frstan) February 8, 2016

An image of St Josephine Bakhita taken from a makeshift chapel in Calais last year #PrayForUs pic.twitter.com/gYT8rwGqsm

— ColletteBP (@ColletteBP1) February 8, 2016

9. Literal salt was literally poured into her wounds.

10.

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— FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) February 8, 2016

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