Saints & Biographies
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Light of Heaven Book Set
This special bundle package is a beautiful way to introduce children or grandchildren to thes saints. In Light of Heaven: A Children's Book of Saints atrist Adalee Hude imagines each saints and the Blessed Mother in illustration rich in color and detail, reminiscent of magnificent stained glass windows. Each page includes a Latin word associated with the saint and an explanation of its meaning. The companion coloring book allows children to envision the illustrations in their own way using crayons, markers, or pens, bringing each one to life.
Item: T2667
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I Wait in the Night: The Death Row Journal of Jacques Fesch
I Wait in the Night presents the prison journal of Fesch, translated by and with commentary from Fr. Rupert Allen, Cong. Orat. In a frank and sometimes brutally honest way, these pages tell the story of the hope that has come to a young man in a five-by-two-meter cell while he waits to be executed for a murder he committed in the course of a robbery.
Fr. Rupert Allen, Cong. Orat.
Item: T2968
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Joy Within His House: A Cloistered Nun's Reflections on Following Christ
Joy Within His House offers those who live on the outside of the cloister a glimpse into the experience of those who live within. Dominican Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt shares the joy she finds in living the life of a cloistered nun and following Christ. Several dozen captivating photographs from inside the cloister, many by award-winning photographer Jeffrey Bruno, help illustrate the prayer, study, work, and recreation that order the nuns' days.
Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, OP
Item: T2909
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What Christ Suffered: A Doctor's Journey Through the Passion, Revised and Expanded
What Christ suffered during his Passion — for you — is a powerful source of reflection and meditation.
This medical investigation of the Passion allows readers to enter more fully than ever into the reality of what Jesus suffered for our redemption. His Passion really comes alive and has the potential to heal us when we come to know him more deeply in our own sufferings. By his sacrificial death on the cross, Jesus has won salvation for the whole world, redeeming even our sufferings through his incredible act of love.
Thomas W. McGovern, MD
Item: T2981
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Into Truth: The Three Conversions of Saint John Henry Newman
Conscience was the driving force of Saint John Henry Newman's journey towards the certainty of truth: ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem ("out of shadows and illusions into truth"). This book invites you to reflect on the figure of Newman, a modern man who lived the whole problem of modernity. Newman's three conversions can be seen as three "conversions to reality."
Giuseppe Pezzini
Item: T3063