Slavery to Sin

When we contemplate our own problems and sufferings at times (in our self-centeredness) we forget other people are enduring far worse.  When put into context our own problems seem much less important.

Take for instance the modern slave trade.  Amazingly, many are suffering tremendously. 

“There are more people trafficked now in the 21st century than in the transatlantic slave trade in the 17th, the 18th, or the 19th century,” Denver priest Fr. David Nix said at a local Theology on Tap address on Feb. 18.

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Jesus referred to slavery to sin.  Sin traps us into a life of misery and suffering (like a slave).  In order to break free the Church gives us Christ in the Sacraments.