365 Saints: Your Daily Guide to the Wisdom and Wonder of Their Lives

by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker

Paperback, 1995

Barcode

5631

Call number

922.22 STS

Status

Available

Call number

922.22 STS

Pages

384

Description

Let the Saints' lives guide and touch your life each day! The life of a saint is the life of an ordinary person lived well. And that's the life readers will discover in this delightful and often surprising collection of words and wisdom from saints throughout the ages. A lovely and inspiring gift book, 365 Saints illuminates how the saints actually lived, detailing their hopes, fears, joys, and sorrows, as well as their lesser-known idiosyncracies and saying. Witty and wondrous, simple and sublime, 365 Saints offers a full year of meditations and practical suggestions for emulating the saints today.

Publication

HarperSanFrancisco (1995), Edition: 1st, 384 pages

ISBN

0060675942 / 9780060675943

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Rating

½ (12 ratings; 3.7)

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LibraryThing member ysar
I know this was supposed to be read one page a day for a full year, but it really makes for great airplane reading. Lots of short little stories and thoughts that can be applies to modern life. I especially liked the bit about the saint who used to put her head in ovens and hang from
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windmills...apparently her lesson to us was that different is okay. If only the rest of America could agree...
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