How Saints Die: 100 Stories of Hope (Paperback or Softback)

Sicari, Antonio Maria

ISBN 10: 1621644499 / ISBN 13: 9781621644491

Editore: Ignatius Press 11/27/2021, 2021

How Saints Die: 100 Stories of Hope. Codice articolo BBS-9781621644491

Riassunto:

Italian Carmelite Antonio Maria Sicari's vibrant biographies of saints&;from Augustine to Catherine of Siena to Faustina Kowalska&;have been read across Europe for decades. In How Saints Die, Sicari turns to the most difficult challenge in the life of a Christian: the hour of death.

What he uncovers in this darkest moment, however, is not desolation, but inexplicable joy. "I have recounted the death of many saints," he writes, "but all of them have confirmed for me the truth of this ancient Christian intuition: in the death of a saint, it is death that dies!"

With in-depth research and a flair for storytelling, Sicari brings before our eyes the gracious last hours of one hundred men and women&;lovers and martyrs, thinkers and workers, ancients and moderns, old men and teens. Included are Kateri Tekakwitha, Maximilian Kolbe, Mother Teresa, Thomas Aquinas, Josephine Bakhita, Jérôme Lejeune, Clare of Assisi, and many more. In each, a new shade of the divine light shines through.

Those seeking insight into the mystery of death and suffering will find in this book not only wisdom, but rich and realistic consolation.

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Titolo: How Saints Die: 100 Stories of Hope (...
Casa editrice: Ignatius Press 11/27/2021
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: Paperback or Softback
Condizione: New
Tipologia articolo: Book