8 February 2020 | St. Josephine Bakhita | Menlo Park, Calif. 

The whole comedy of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” depends on two twin brothers being mistaken for one another’s “alter egos” - each becomes the other’s “other self." But did you know that perfect love of neighbor, that is, true Christian friendship, depends on much the same thing? In this podcast, we talk about the three relationships St. Paul addresses in his household codes - husband/wife, parent/child, master/slave - and how perfect love radically transforms them from within. Also, the life of St. Josephine Bakhita: from abject slavery to radical sanctity. It's a beautiful day. Let's take a walk. 

Opening music: “O joyful light,” Evening Hymn of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, sung by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle, Chicago, dir. J. Michael Thompson, 2010. All rights reserved.