Saint of the Day

"This is the 40th anniversary edition of Saint of the Day, first compiled by Leonard Foley, O.F.M., and published in two volumes. Through the years, this popular book has been a go-to source for information on key saints. This seventh revised edition contains the following additions: New saints and blesseds such as John of Avila, Hildegard of Bingen, John Henry Newman, and John Paul II. An expanded Introduction, with more detail about the current process of canonization. Also, background on the evolution of Saint of the Day since the first two volumes, including its recent formats as a daily online resource and as an app. A suggested resources section of additional Franciscan Media products with information about saints and blesseds Saint of the Day has been a trusted guide for forty years, and this latest edition continues the tradition"--"Biographies and lessons from the lives of the saints, linked to their feast days. Each of the more than two hundred entries includes a short biography of the saint, a comment linking the example of this life relevant to our own and an appropriate quotation from Scripture, the words of the saint or another spiritual writer for reflection"--… (more)