The Exemplary Life of Saint Gerard Majella

The Exemplary Life of Saint Gerard Majella"Saint Alphonsus, on his bed of death, had pressed to his lips the picture of Saint Gerard." The Exemplary Life of Saint Gerard Majella by Father Oliver Rodie Vassall Phillips recounts the career of the Redemptorist lay brother whose sanctity was formed in poverty, obedience, and long suffering. The narrative follows Saint Gerard (The Mothers Saint Wonderworker Champion of Children) from his early years at Muro Lucano through his admission to the

Written with urgency and foresight

It is ideal for those drawn to the path of prayer

and the world

without ever overshadowing the elegant compactness of his method

This volume gathers three portraits from that vanished civilization: Alcuin of York

conviction

make me feel more love

Miguel Ayuso has called modern media "reality-fiction"

Beginning with the early causes of the Protestant revolt

into the dark and silent presence of the Divine

From the shallow literalism of anti-sacramental sects to the creeping secularism of the modern state

built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity… will stand only in the mold of the Catholic Church