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Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as saints)
avg rating 4.44 — 20,878 ratings — published 1898
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as saints)
avg rating 4.00 — 74,537 ratings — published 400
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as saints)
avg rating 4.01 — 11,551 ratings — published 1923
Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as saints)
avg rating 4.60 — 6,113 ratings — published 1981
Interior Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as saints)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,574 ratings — published 1588
Introduction to the Devout Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as saints)
avg rating 4.39 — 7,241 ratings — published 1609
The Way of Perfection (Image Classics)
by (shelved 34 times as saints)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,051 ratings — published 1583
The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as saints)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,033 ratings — published 1565
My Life with the Saints (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as saints)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,369 ratings — published 2006
My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as saints)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,978 ratings — published 2012
Catherine of Siena (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as saints)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,324 ratings — published 1951
Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as saints)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,098 ratings — published 1377
Joan of Arc (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as saints)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,154 ratings — published 1896
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as saints)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,130 ratings — published 1992
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as saints)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,209 ratings — published 2007
True Devotion to Mary (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as saints)
avg rating 4.57 — 5,472 ratings — published 1712
I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as saints)
avg rating 4.68 — 2,663 ratings — published 1969
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as saints)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,825 ratings — published 1959
Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as saints)
avg rating 4.72 — 2,996 ratings — published 2014
The Rule of Saint Benedict (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as saints)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,394 ratings — published 530
The Life Of St. Anthony (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as saints)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,638 ratings — published 357
Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as saints)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,451 ratings — published 2020
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as saints)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,526 ratings — published 1618
A Man of the Beatitudes: Pier Giorgio Frassati (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as saints)
avg rating 4.30 — 444 ratings — published 1975
The Quiet Light: A Novel About Thomas Aquinas (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as saints)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,131 ratings — published 1950
The Spiritual Exercises (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as saints)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,054 ratings — published 1548
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as saints)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,952 ratings — published 1999
Dark Night of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as saints)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,174 ratings — published 1584
Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as saints)
avg rating 4.07 — 492 ratings — published 2002
Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by (shelved 14 times as saints)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,627 ratings — published 1963
"Forget Not Love": The Passion of Maximilian Kolbe (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as saints)
avg rating 4.17 — 169 ratings — published 1991
A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion of Saint Camillus de Lellis (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.49 — 137 ratings — published 2007
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,707 ratings — published 1952
The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.06 — 299 ratings — published 2001
Lay Siege to Heaven: A Novel About Saint Catherine of Siena (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.36 — 849 ratings — published 1961
The Secret Of The Rosary (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.52 — 4,106 ratings — published 1710
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.01 — 225,924 ratings — published 2003
Padre Pio: Man of Hope (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as saints)
avg rating 4.46 — 857 ratings — published 1995
No Greater Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,188 ratings — published 1997
The Incorruptibles: A Study of the Incorruption of the Bodies of Various Catholic Saints and Beati (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.13 — 466 ratings — published 1977
Saint Valentine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 3.98 — 273 ratings — published 1992
Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.26 — 250 ratings — published 2004
The Life of St. Gemma Galgani (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.42 — 245 ratings — published 1914
Saint Joan: The Girl Soldier (Vision Books)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 3.97 — 427 ratings — published 1957
Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.12 — 265 ratings — published 1982
Christopher: The Holy Giant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as saints)
avg rating 4.00 — 161 ratings — published 1994
The Confession of Saint Patrick (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as saints)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,084 ratings — published 425
On Loving God (Volume 13) (Cistercian Fathers Series)
by (shelved 11 times as saints)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,212 ratings — published 1153
Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as saints)
avg rating 4.00 — 646 ratings — published 1960
City of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as saints)
avg rating 3.95 — 13,788 ratings — published 426
“The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd.”
― Prayer for Beginners
― Prayer for Beginners
“But we have no [Marian] apparitions cautioning the Church against, say, accepting the delusion of an Earth-centered Universe, or warning it of complicity with Nazi Germany — two matters of considerable moral as well as historical import....
Not a single saint criticized the practice of torturing and burning “witches” and heretics. Why not? Were they unaware of what was going on? Could they not grasp its evil? And why is [the Virgin] Mary always admonishing the poor peasant to inform the authorities? Why doesn’t she admonish the authorities herself? Or the King? Or the Pope?”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Not a single saint criticized the practice of torturing and burning “witches” and heretics. Why not? Were they unaware of what was going on? Could they not grasp its evil? And why is [the Virgin] Mary always admonishing the poor peasant to inform the authorities? Why doesn’t she admonish the authorities herself? Or the King? Or the Pope?”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark











