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Josephine Bakhita
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“Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him. What a great grace it is to know God!”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)", The Holy See.
“If I were to meet those men who abducted me, or even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for it that hadn’t happened, I would not be a Christian and a religious today.”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I pity them! No doubt they were unaware of the anguish they caused me. They were the masters and I was the slave. Just as it is natural for us to do good, so it is natural for them to behave as they did behave to me. They did so out of habit, not out of wickedness.”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself: Who could be the Master of these beautiful things? And I felt a great desire to see him, to know Him and to pay Him homage...”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)", The Holy See.
“When a person loves another very much, she greatly wished to meet that person. Why then should I be afraid of death? Death brings us to God.”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Last words] Our Lady! Our Lady!”
Josephine Bakhita (1868–1947) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Giuseppina Bakhita (1869-1947) vergine dell'Istituto delle Figlie della carità Canossiane,, vatican.va, 1 October 2000.