Product Description
A Saint in the Slave Trade
Product Description
- Live Peter Claver’s example to overcome injustice
- Foster your prayer life through Ignatian spirituality
- Apply Church history in modern times
Product Details
A Saint in the Slave Trade: Peter Claver (1581-1654) is written by Arnold Lunn who converted to Catholicism after being agnostic. St. Peter Claver voluntarily entered the desperate situation of slaves and ministered within the trade. Slaves were captured and separated from all they loved, fettered down in a ship amid relentless waves and disease, and lived at the mercy of his captors. Water and food were scarce, slave prisoners were tortured and tormented, and the heat and decrepitude were intolerable. Many succumbed to death, while others committed suicide or were killed.
A Saint in the Slave Trade reflects on St. Peter, a learned and gifted priest, who chose to became the “slave of the slaves” in order to become a father to the fatherless. He lived in the slave ships of the West Indies to care for the sick and bring the gospel and the sacraments to the hopeless. In A Saint in the Slave Trade, Lunn reveals how, from the early days of Christianity, the Church has worked to uphold the dignity, rights, and freedom of slaves and that many of the same struggles to overcome injustice and affirm the value of human life are apparent today.
A Saint in the Slave Trade reflects on humanistic outrages from Roman times to recent years and offers philosophical and spiritual insights on how the power of Christian charity revolutionizes and liberates souls in the direst situations. Embark on a spiritual voyage with St. Peter Claver and let him guide you in:
- fostering your prayer life and union with God through Ignatian spirituality
- growing in docility and obedience to God's will
- overcoming injustice by sharing God's love, person to person
- cultivating virtues by following St. Peter Claver's example of heroic charity
- offering sacrifices for souls and finding happiness amid suffering
A Saint in the Slave Trade powerfully attests that all lives matter. Our personal witness of sanctity is a “creative force” that will help lead other souls to God.
Dimensions & Specifications
- Paperback
- 208 pages
- Written by Arnold Lunn
- Measures 5-1/2”W x 8-1/2”H
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