The Life of Saint Rose of Lima

by F W Faber, Hermenegild (Editor)

No words can express the emotions which the history of the Virgin, St. Rose of Lima, will awaken iu truly Christian hearts that love Jesus Christ, his ever blessed Church, and their native land. How wonderful is God in his Saints, will be the exclamation at almost every page. And with our wonder at the graces and glory bestowed on these favourites of the most High, will break forth the prayer for increase of faith, increase of love, mingled, it may be, with bitter tears, lest for our sins, we should be forever separated from their holy company. Next to God's own word in the Sacred Scriptures, nothing so touches the heart, enlightens tho soul, and rouses up even the most slothful to a sense of all we owe to our Redeemer and never can repay, as the reading of the lives of the saints, the contemplation of the Virtues, sufferings and triumph of such a child of the Church as is here presented to us. And St. Rose is only one of that innumerable host of witnesses, who whether living on earth or reigning in heaven, testify to the truth, the holiness, the divinity of that faith we profess.

264 pages, Paperback

Published May 14, 2013