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Saint John Berchmans: The Story of the Saint of Innocence
CHAPTER I
HIS BIRTH
IN the following brief sketch of the life of Saint John Berchmans there will not be room for an elaborate description of the rich historical setting which Europe, and especially the Brabant and the Rome of that time afforded. To tell the truth, there is not much call for it. The interest of John's life lay in its contact with the big affairs of another world than this. The Saint touched human life, not at its points of earthly splendor and importance, but at its less obtrusive and less impressive surfaces of homely and domestic rounds of routine. The single hour of glorious life that is worth an age without a name, never came to John. ...
HIS BIRTH
IN the following brief sketch of the life of Saint John Berchmans there will not be room for an elaborate description of the rich historical setting which Europe, and especially the Brabant and the Rome of that time afforded. To tell the truth, there is not much call for it. The interest of John's life lay in its contact with the big affairs of another world than this. The Saint touched human life, not at its points of earthly splendor and importance, but at its less obtrusive and less impressive surfaces of homely and domestic rounds of routine. The single hour of glorious life that is worth an age without a name, never came to John. ...
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2008
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March 21, 2023
What I liked about this book is that the author paints a good picture of St. John's personality and persona, showing us what he was like inside and out. Its short and not too long making it an easy read and not jammed with boring descriptions of irrevelant details.
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