“God alone protected us, no one else”

“God alone protected us, no one else”

These words of Saint Josephine Bakhita do not come from someone who theorises about providence, but from someone who knew slavery on her own flesh. Kidnapped as a child in Darfur, sold several times and marked by scars she carried throughout her life, she saw others...
Longing Only for God: Freedom Born from the Cros

Longing Only for God: Freedom Born from the Cros

To long only for God and no one else is not a rejection of human relationships, but a reordering of desire. It recognizes that every created good—people, achievements, comforts—cannot bear the weight of our deepest hunger. When we expect them to, they either...