April 21 (enslavement)
Precious Savior, Saint Anselm actively fought against
slavery in England, even getting politically involved and obtaining
legislation that made it illegal to sell human beings. I ask him to intercede
for people today who are enslaved in some way-in countries where slavery is
still accepted, in family members and friends who are in bondage to
addictions, in myself where sin has entrapped me, and in workplaces where
there are people I care about who are being mistreated and made to work in
illegal conditions. Lord Jesus, deliver us into the freedom You won for us on
the Cross. Saint Anselm, pray for us. Amen.