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Lay Saints: Ascetics and Penitents
“These are the footprints that the saints on ascending to heaven left behind upon our earth, in order that we, following after, might attain to the same reward.”
—The Venerable Bede
In Lay Saints: Ascetics and Penitents, Joan Carroll Cruz guides you through the lives of fifty-eight lay men and women who achieved the heights of sanctity.
These inspiring biographies present saints who seemed destined for sainthood, as well as those who led sinful lives prior to a conversion of heart.
Find a role model from among these saints as Joan Carroll Cruz explores: Both those who have just begun their spiritual journey and those well advanced on the road to perfection will find a saint to help them take that next step closer to God.
Through their examples, these saints will inspire ever-greater acts of charity and remind sinners that there is yet hope for salvation.
Includes:
58 Saints listed on page 2
Index of Saints
Bibliography
—The Venerable Bede
In Lay Saints: Ascetics and Penitents, Joan Carroll Cruz guides you through the lives of fifty-eight lay men and women who achieved the heights of sanctity.
These inspiring biographies present saints who seemed destined for sainthood, as well as those who led sinful lives prior to a conversion of heart.
Find a role model from among these saints as Joan Carroll Cruz explores: Both those who have just begun their spiritual journey and those well advanced on the road to perfection will find a saint to help them take that next step closer to God.
Through their examples, these saints will inspire ever-greater acts of charity and remind sinners that there is yet hope for salvation.
Includes:
58 Saints listed on page 2
Index of Saints
Bibliography
212 pages, Paperback
Published May 9, 2016
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About the author
Joan Carroll Cruz
17 books36 followersMrs. Cruz is a native of New Orleans, LA, and was educated by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She was a member of the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order for 50 years and received the Mother Teresa Award in 2005.
Mrs. Cruz was the author of 15 Catholic books, all of which received the imprimatur. She was perhaps best known for her writings on miraculous occurrences of faith which she compiled through meticulous research of foreign shrines, churches, convents and monasteries.
Mrs. Cruz was the author of 15 Catholic books, all of which received the imprimatur. She was perhaps best known for her writings on miraculous occurrences of faith which she compiled through meticulous research of foreign shrines, churches, convents and monasteries.
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February 16, 2019
Most of the stories are good ones. Some are so short and lacking in detail that it's difficult to figure out why she added them or how their stories fit into the subject.
It's not easy to sit and read like you would a novel, due to the shortness of each story, but reading one or a few each day gets you through it quickly enough.
Subject matter is wonderful. Lower star rating is simply because I think the book could've done without a lot of the stories.
It's not easy to sit and read like you would a novel, due to the shortness of each story, but reading one or a few each day gets you through it quickly enough.
Subject matter is wonderful. Lower star rating is simply because I think the book could've done without a lot of the stories.
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