The Wisdom Of The Saints

Author : Jill Haak Adels
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195059158
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Saints written by Jill Haak Adels and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over two thousand years of Church history, this unique anthology presents hundreds of aphoristic sayings from the writings and recorded works of both famous and obscure saints. Ranging from the polished literary statements of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists, to the cry of the martyr on the scaffold, these quotations treat a wide variety of themes such as joy, death, faith, hope, folly, and much more. The volume includes diary notations, lists of personal resolutions, naive remarks of saintly children who have foreseen their own destiny, and the half-legendary utterances of early miracle-working saints of Ireland and the misty northern forests. It offers the wisdom of European, African, and Japanese saints, as well as an appendix of biographical sketches. Despite the diversity of the individuals represented--hermits and Popes, the urbane and the uncouth, the sensible and the passionately foolish--this book uncovers a degree of harmony of thought among all of the saints included here. By bringing the saints to life, this collection reminds us that they were real people--not a group of museum figures carved in marble--with a range of temperaments and personalities.

Author : Matthew Kelly
Publisher : Blue Sparrow
ISBN 13 : 9781635821925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Saints written by Matthew Kelly and published by Blue Sparrow. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are your friends? Sooner or later we all rise or fall to the level of our friendships. It's a simple, but life-altering truth. The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves. We become like our friends. The book you are holding in your hands is an invitation to become friends with some of the greatest men and women who have ever lived. In these pages you will encounter the voices of the saints, their greatest insights into how to live well, their most inspiring wisdom for growing in virtue, and their most powerful advice for stepping into the heart of God. No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. We all need people in our lives who inspire us, show us what is possible, raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best-version-of-ourselves. This book will help you to step into a new and ever-deepening friendship with the saints so that you may know, love, and serve God like never before

Author : Ralph Martin
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1931018367
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fulfillment of All Desire written by Ralph Martin and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner: Honorable Mention from the Catholic Press Association Ralph Martin, drawing upon the teaching of seven acknowledged "Spiritual Doctors" of the Church, presents an indepth study of the journey to God. This book provides encouragement and direction for the pilgrim who desires to know, love, and serve our Lord. Whether the reader is beginning the spiritual journey or has been traveling the road for many years, he will find a treasure of wisdom in The Fulfillment of All Desire. It is destined to be a modern classic on the spiritual life.

Author : Kevin Dutton
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385677197
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of Psychopaths written by Kevin Dutton and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychopath. The word conjurs up images of serial killers, rapists, suicide bombers, gangsters. But think again: you could probably benefit from being a little more psychopathic yourself. Psychologist Kevin Dutton has made a speciality of psychopathy, and is on first-name terms with many notorious killers. But unlike those incarcerated psychopaths, and all those depicted in movies and crime fiction, most are not violent, he explains. In fact, says Prof Dutton, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths are fearless, confident, charismatic and focused--qualities tailor-made for success in today's society. The Wisdom of Psychopaths is an intellectual rollercoaster ride that combines lightning-hot science with unprecedented access to secret monasteries, Special Forces training camps, and high-security hospitals. In it, you will meet serial killers, war heroes, financiers, movie stars and attorneys--and discover that beneath the hype and popular characterization, psychopaths have something to teach us. Like the knobs on a mixing deck, psychopathy is graded. And finding the right combination of psychopathic traits, sampled and mixed at carefully calibrated volumes, can put us ahead of the game.

Author : Andrea Kirk Assaf
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008139261
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pope Francis’ Little Book of Wisdom written by Andrea Kirk Assaf and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pope Francis’ Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 250 bite-size nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from one of the most popular popes of all time.

Author : Woodeene Koenig-Bricker
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062321625
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 365 Saints written by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Carol Kelly-Gangi
Publisher : Wellfleet Press
ISBN 13 : 1577151194
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 365 Days with the Saints written by Carol Kelly-Gangi and published by Wellfleet Press. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles, art, and quotations from The Saints for every day in the year.

Author : Carl McColman
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506485782
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Christian Mysticism written by Carl McColman and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 quotations, this book invites the reader to delve into the writings of the great contemplatives and mystics of the past two thousand years. The Little Book of Christian Mysticism provides a user-friendly, insightful, and potentially life-changing introduction to the essential teachings of the greatest mystics in the western wisdom traditions, past and present, including Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Julian of Norwich. Readers can use this book to initiate themselves into this visionary and ecstatic spiritual lineage, and they can also use it as a book of daily meditations. Small enough to fit in one's pocket or handbag, this is truly a user-friendly introduction to this venerable body of wisdom.

Author : Sebastian Brock
Publisher : SLG Press
ISBN 13 : 0728303493
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of Saint Isaac the Syrian written by Sebastian Brock and published by SLG Press. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairacres Publications 128 In recent decades there has been a notable renewal of interest in St Isaac the Syrian, a seventh-century master of the ascetic life. This selection of short sayings is part of Dr Brock’s work on a fuller, long-neglected manuscript which he is making available to English readers. Each sentence holds the mind steadily in the light of a truth about the spiritual life. St Isaac’s vivid images drawn directly from nature, husbandry and general human experience speak for themselves and draw us to penitence and prayer.

Author : Edward C. Sellner
Publisher : Bog Walk Books
ISBN 13 : 9780970651136
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom of the Celtic Saints written by Edward C. Sellner and published by Bog Walk Books. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faithfully presenting the lives and legacies of twenty-eight Celtic saints of the sixth to ninth centuries in this newly revised and expanded book, Sellner reveals their wisdom in a way that can be understood and appreciated by contemporary readers. With background material on the Celtic Church, the characteristics of its spirituality, the symbolism in the stories, and the roles of soul friends, readers will reap a rich harvest for their own spiritual growth. The stories recounted range from the well-known saints, like Patrick, Brendan, Columcille, and Brigit, to those less likely to be familiar--Monesan, Ita, Samthann, and Declan. Vivid portrait-illustrations by Susan McLean-Keeney add to the prayerful beauty of the book. Readers will appreciate both the abiding truths the stories contain as well as enjoy these good stories, well told. In Europe, the author is considered a pioneer in writings on Celtic spirituality and soul-friendship, and in the United States, "one of their primary interpreters."