Monday, February 17, 2014

St. Josephine Bakhita - Sudanese - Feast Day Feb. 8 - Biography and Novena Prayer

St. Josephine Bakhita
 
St. Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in 1869. This African flower, who knew the anguish of kidnapping and slavery, bloomed marvelously in Italy, in response to God's grace, with the Daughters of Charity, where everyone still calls her "Mother Moretta" (our Black Mother").
 
 
“Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him. What a great grace it is to know God!”
- St Josephine Bakhita
 
Novena Prayer
FIRST DAY:
Dear St Josephine, you were taken from your family at an early age and lost your entire identity. We pray for all those children who have been abducted and for their parents and families who suffer not knowing what has become of them. May they be comforted, and may they one day be reunited. We pray especially for (add your intention).
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

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