Deepertruth Tuesday Features Saints Of The Week

Prayer: St. Peter Claver, you showed Christ’s love to the slaves, going where no one else would go, and doing what no one else would do. Give us the courage to put aside our fears and prejudices and give wholly of ourselves to minister to those enslaved by poverty, hunger, fear, and ignorance. Help us to demonstrate Christ’s love by our actions as well as our words, so that others may come to believe in his saving power. Amen.    In the course of time, September 8th, 1654, St. Peter baptized and reached more than 300,000 slaves serving four decades in Cartagena, Columbia. Like St. Paul before him, St. Peter Claver would enter into the heaven glory.  Pope Leo XIII canonized both St. Peter Claver and St. Alphonsus on 15 January 1888.       Also we will focus on the birthday of Mary and St. John Chrysostom.