"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."
Apostolate to Africans on slave ships,
sailors and traders
Estimated to have baptized 300,000 +
St Peter Claver
Native of Spain ~ 1581–1654
Jesuit, missionary to South America
Native of Spain ~ 1581–1654
Jesuit, missionary to South America
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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