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How Saints Die: 100 Stories of Hope

by Antonio Maria Sicari

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Ignatius Press
  • 13.3 x 20.4 x 2.6 cm

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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. Divided into brief, readable chapters organized by theme, the collection offers at every bend another fine-grained snapshot of a Christian fully alive.

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Ignatius Press

  • Published

    September 2021

  • Weight

    296g

  • Dimensions

    13.3 x 20.4 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781621644491

  • ISBN-10

    1621644499

  • Eden Code

    5631638

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