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With 365 saints in this book-from popular figures to little-known individuals-every reader can be assured of finding his or her favorite saints. Readers can locate saints chronologically, alphabetically, by feast day, even by theme (such as conversion, forgiveness, humility, and miracles). The saint's patronage is listed when available, as is the date of beatification or canonization. While the reference possibilities are abundant, best-selling author Bert Ghezzi has taken exceptional care to ensure that the inspiring stories of these saints of these saints are still the primary focus of the book, and each entry is written in such a way as to help us feel the companionship of the saint. The voice of each saint comes through clearly in quotations drawn from their own wrifings, the recollections of witnesses, and the careful work of biographers. Each entry concludes with a Scripture verse or prayer.
Mystics and Miracles offers twenty-four compelling biographies that explore the lives of ordinary people chosen by God to do his extraordinary work. From visions and healing to prophecies and miracles, mystics provide a direct connection between the human and the divine.
Who is God, and how do we know what hes like? In twenty short chapters that cover a wide range of subjects, best-selling authors Fr. Benedict Groeschel and Bert Ghezzi alert us to the many-faceted ways we can learn about God through the daily circumstances of our lives. The face of God is unveiled by Groeschel and Ghezzi in engaging stories about forgiveness, kindness, conversion, and family, taken from personal experience, Scripture, literature, and the lives of ordinary people. In this unique book, the authors open our eyes to the Lords attributes his love, his providence, his generosity, his justice, his creativity, and his preoccupation with beauty, and moreby discovering them in places as varied as the vastness of the heavens, the intricacies of our bodies, the genius of artists, and the love and care of our parents. Questions for personal reflection and group discussion will help readers to look for God themselves each day, as they learn to see him in fresh, new ways.
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