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Secrets of the saints, by Henri Gheon. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York, Sheed and Ward, (c)1944.Description: 406 pages 20 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. English
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  • BX4655.G411.S437 1944
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Contents:
The secret of the Cure d'Ars.--The secret of the Little Flower.--The secret of Saint Margaret Mary.--The secret of Saint John Bosco.
Scope and content: The book Secrets of the Saints includes accounts of three saints in just under 400 pages, yet is an improvement over the usual page-length summaries in books on saintly lives. An early introduction to one of the saints, St. Therese Lisieux. referred to as The Little Flower, made me wonder whether she was one example to follow. Then, while reading a book by the monk Thomas Merton who traced his life from an atheistic background all the way to conversion to Roman Catholicism, he mentioned this author, Henri Gheon, as painting a picture of this young saint that took away the Pollyanna picture we can have of her. Gheon seemed to work from the saint's life story without any embellishment, which some say her sister might have added after the Story of a Soul that Therese wrote. I suggest that ordering this 1944 publication is worthwhile. (Amazon customer). AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000K1YHDK/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=all&colid=1GVQJ87LI52KJ&coliid=I3AXXAL1N04URN&ref_=gv_ov_lig_pab
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The secret of the Cure d'Ars.--The secret of the Little Flower.--The secret of Saint Margaret Mary.--The secret of Saint John Bosco.

The book Secrets of the Saints includes accounts of three saints in just under 400 pages, yet is an improvement over the usual page-length summaries in books on saintly lives. An early introduction to one of the saints, St. Therese Lisieux. referred to as The Little Flower, made me wonder whether she was one example to follow. Then, while reading a book by the monk Thomas Merton who traced his life from an atheistic background all the way to conversion to Roman Catholicism, he mentioned this author, Henri Gheon, as painting a picture of this young saint that took away the Pollyanna picture we can have of her. Gheon seemed to work from the saint's life story without any embellishment, which some say her sister might have added after the Story of a Soul that Therese wrote. I suggest that ordering this 1944 publication is worthwhile. (Amazon customer). AMAZON

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000K1YHDK/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=all&colid=1GVQJ87LI52KJ&coliid=I3AXXAL1N04URN&ref_=gv_ov_lig_pab

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