Homily: 2.8.23

FEAST OF ST. JOSEPHINE MARGARET BAKHITA

Today's readings:
Lectionary: 331
Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17
Psalms 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30
Mark 7:14-23

On the feast of St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita, Fr. Gillespie, S.J., considers her life as a slave and then as a woman religious who is the patron saint of Sudan and a significant symbolic figure in the fight against trafficking.

Timothy Schmaltz statue of "Let the Oppressed Go Free".
Video of The Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University of Chicago