O God of Love, thou didst deliver servant Josephine Margaret Bakhita from the bondage of slavery to serve you in true freedom; by her example help us to see those enslaved among us, and work to release them from their chains. In your mercy, give to all survivors healing from their wounds and joy in their liberation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Bakhita (Josephine Margaret Bakhita), Monastic, 1947
Abducted+sold into slavery as a child in Sudan, Bakhita later gained her freedom & in 1896 became a Canossian religious sister, from 1902 at a convent in Schio. She was canonised in 2000 pic.twitter.com/tkjyUFTnq9
— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) February 8, 2023