Lightning From Heaven: Our Christian Cosmology

by Luke Aaron

Lightning from Heaven is the first ever all-encompassing Ignatian Contemplation of our Christian The Preternatural State of Man & Angel. It tells the story of the Universal Fall of Man & Angel, a tale of immense drama and tragedy, of rebellion and cunning treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which St. Michael and Satan fight a bitter battle over the fate of all mankind. This, the greatest battle ever fought, splits the Heavens, ravages the Earth, and even gives birth to Hell itself. At the center of the conflict are Adam and Eve, who succumb to the temptations of the Devil but whose ultimate downfall rest in the pride of their own hearts.

“I am genuinely amazed by what Luke has done. Through combining the Church’s rich theological and cosmological traditions with a ‘Tolkienesque’ storytelling, I believe Luke has put together a true gift for the Church and all Christianity…
Lightning from Heaven provides a Scriptural re-understanding of the Fall of Satan and his angels that is oriented towards a human experience of the senses, and inspires a tangible, experiential, and even emotional association to the event. Before my reading I was incapable of forming such an association with our first parents, and it is in this experience that I can concretely strive to walk with God again in Eden.”
Steven Heine
Brother and Seminarian

346 pages, Paperback

Published May 2, 2024