Saints Perpetua and Felicity
Felicitas was not an opportunist. She was the servant of Perpetua, a young rich woman in Carthage. The church celebrates them together as saints, at the same level. Society could have separated them because of their different class, but in faith and in death, and in the memory of Christians, they are forever united. When they were both preparing for Baptism, they were arrested and thrown to the lions. They died in 203 A.D.
Your turn:
- Have you ever been separated or alienated from other people because of social status?
