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St. Bakhita — 114 Scars and Not One Ounce of Bitterness
She was kidnapped at age seven. Sold into slavery over a dozen times. Tortured with 114 cuts carved into her skin. And if she ever met the people who did it — she said she would kneel down and kiss their hands.
This week on Everyday Saints, host John O'Connor tells the real story of St. Josephine Bakhita — a Sudanese woman whose life was marked by unimaginable suffering, and whose response to that suffering is one of the most extraordinary things you will ever hear.
What you'll hear in this episode:
— Who Bakhita was before her world fell apart
— Twelve years of slavery — the owners, the…
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