Saints Around the World (HB) Parousia

The lives of the Saints are one of the most powerful ways God draws people to himself, showing us the love and the joy we can find in him. But so often, these Saints seem distant—impossibly holy or dull or unlike us in race and age and state in life. In Saints Around the World, you’ll meet over one-hundred Saints from more than sixty countries, including Saints with different disabilities, strengths, and struggles. The beautiful illustrations and captivating storytelling will introduce you and your children to new heavenly friends while also helping you fall more in love with Jesus. Each story in this book is written not only to capture the imagination but also to speak about God’s tremendous love and our call to be saints. There are stories in Saints Around the World for when you feel like life isn’t fair, when people are being unkind to you, when you’ve made a terrible mistake, when you’re struggling at school, when prayer is hard. And there are stories of shouting down Nazis, of fleeing a murderous villain, of making scientific discoveries, of smoking a cigar while enemy soldiers amputate your leg. There are scared Saints, brilliant Saints, weak Saints, adventurous Saints, abused Saints, overjoyed Saints, disabled Saints—and the point of every one of them is the love of God. Whether you’re checking the map to find Saints who look like you or perusing the extensive indices to find Saints with your skills or struggles, you’ll find countless stories in this book that remind you how very possible holiness is. Meg Hunter-Kilmer is a speaker, a writer, and a missionary who has lived out of her car since 2012. Meg loves telling stories, learning about Saints, reading the Bible, and watching the Olympics. She is a proud godmother of ten and aunt of an ever-increasing crew of incredible nieces and nephews. Saints and Blesseds in Saints Around the World include: St. Adelaide of Burgundy St. Agatha Kim A-gi St. Albert Chmielowski St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu Bl. Ana of the Angels Monteagudo St. André Bessette Sts. Augustine Phan Viết Huy, Dominic Đinh Đạt, and Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể St. Augustine Yu Chin-gil & St. Peter Yu Tae-chol St. Barnabas Bl. Benedetta Bianchi Porro Bl. Benedict Daswa Bl. Carlo Acutis Bl. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago St. Casilda of Toledo Bl. Cecilia Butsi Wongwai Bl. Ceferino Giménez Malla Bl. Ceferino Namuncurá Bl. Columba Kang Wan-suk St. Columba of Iona Bl. Concepción Cabrera de Armida Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi St. Damien of Molokai Bl. Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa Bl. Denis of the Nativity Bl. Dina Bélanger St. Dulce Pontes St. Elizabeth Hesselblad Bl. Emilian Kovch St. Ephrem the Syrian St. Eulalia of Mérida St. Faustina Kowalska Bl. Francisca de Paula de Jesus St. Germaine Cousin Bl. Ghébrē-Michael Bl. Hermann of Reichenau St. Hildegard of Bingen St. Jacinta Marto St. James Intercisus St. Jerome St. Joan of Arc St. John Colobus St. John Henry Newman Bl. John Sullivan St. Joseph Vaz St. Josephine Bakhita St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin St. Kaleb the Ethiopian St. Kateri Tekakwitha St. Katharine Drexel St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Bl. Ladislaus Bukowinski St. Laura Montoya Bl. Laurentia Herasymiv Bl. Leonid Feodorov St. Leopold Mandić St. Lorenzo Ruiz St. Macrina the Younger St. Margaret of Castello Bl. Margaret Pole Bl. María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa Bl. María Romero Meneses Bl. Maria Therese von Wüllenweber St. Mariam Baouardy Bl. Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta St. Martha Wang Luo Mande St. Martin de Porres St. Mary MacKillop St. Monica St. Moses the Strong Bl. Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung Bl. Nicolas Steno St. Nina of Georgia St. Olga of Kiev St. Oscar Romero Bl. Paul Thoj Xyooj St. Pedro de San José Betancur Sts. Perpetua and Felicity Bl. Peter Donders Bl. Peter Kasui Kibe Bl. Peter To Rot St. Peter Wu Guosheng Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati St. Pulcheria St. Rafael Guízar y Valencia St. Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès Bl. Rani Maria Vattalil St. Raphael Kalinowski St. Roque Gonzalez St. Rosalia of Palermo Bl. Sara Salkaházi St. Serapion the Sindonite Bl. Stanley Rother Bl. Takayama Ukon St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Teresa of the Andes St. Thorlak Thorhallsson Bl. Vasyl Velychkovsky Bl. Victoire Rasoamanarivo Virgin Mary

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