"All people are touched by suffering, in some way, at some time in their lives. Nowhere in Scripture are we promised an easy life. At the end of St. Matthew's Gospel, Jesus assures us that he will be with us. He does not promise that our lives will be easy, but he does assure us that he will walk with us intimately."— From the Introduction
The saintly individuals profiled by Sr. Janice McGrane were convinced in their bones that Jesus accompanied them always — whether behind the walls of a Carmelite cloister, or in the collapsed towers of New York City, or amid the slums of Calcutta. A deep relationship with Jesus was the saints' secret way of coping with their particular hardships.
Selling Points
• Profiles saintly men and women whose healing gifts and witness in times of suffering transformed our church and world e.g.: Joan of Arc, Edith Stein, Maximilian Kolbe, Henriette Delille, Hildgard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Damien of Molokai, Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa, Oscar Romero, and Mychal Judge.
• Focuses on how God works through our struggles as well as our joys
• Excellent gift for anyone seeking spiritual heroes or wishing to renew their interest in saints