"Blessed is
the influence of one
truly
loving human soul on another. ~ George Eliot
"To love God as He
ought to be loved,
we must be detached
from all temporal love.
We must love nothing
but Him,
or if we love anything
else,
we must love it only
for His sake."
St Peter Claver
Native
of Spain ~ 1581–1654
Jesuit,
missionary to South America
Apostolate to Africans on slave ships,
sailors
and traders
Estimated
to have baptized 300,000 +
FEAST DAY - Sept
9
Peter
Claver understood that concrete service like the
distributing
of
medicine, food or brandy to
his black brothers and sisters
could
be as effective a communication of
the word of God as mere verbal preaching.
Peter said of the slaves, "We must speak to them
with
our hands by giving, before we try to
speak to them with our lips."
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