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You Will Be My Witnesses: Saints, Prophets, and Martyrs

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This book is not for those looking for biographical information -- although Father John Dear does include some biographical details about the lives of those included. Rather, this book is for those who want to reflect on the examples of nonviolence that these individuals provided with their lives. Simply written, beautifully illustrated with icons, this book is very much a devotional work -- one that reminds us how to reflect God's love into the world.

You Will Be My Witnesses: Saints, Prophets, And Martyrs by Jesuit priest, pastor and peacemaker John Dear is an outstanding contribution to the inspirational role of Catholic saints and the remarkable influence contributed by their life examples and spiritual influences with respect to members of the Catholic community. Knowledgeably depicting a Catholic saints ranging from Miguel Pro, Mary, John the Baptist, and Maria of Olonets, to Clare, Philip Berrigan, Gemma Galgani, Andrew and so many others, You Will Be My Witnesses informatively presents a succinct yet thorough biographically oriented understanding and concise description of each identified and cited saint. Impressively enhanced with full color illustrations of the saints, You Will Be My Witnesses is very strongly recommended as a wonderful contribution to the reference libraries of Catholic clergy or laity.

Another beautiful book featuring the icons of Father Bill McNichols along with informative, inspiring text by peace activist Father John Dear. The authors present a chronological selection of historical and contemporary saints beginning with Mary, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene and including both well known and obscure figures such as Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Clare, and Bernadette of Lourdes. Among contemporary saints are Dorothy Day, Jean Donovan, Philip Berrigan and Mychal Judge. Throughout the text Father Dear weaves his persistent theme of radical non-violence, peace and love, and highlights how the Apostles, martyrs, saints and prophets put Christ's teachings into practice in their daily lives. Father Bill's wonderful icons, grounded in Orthodox tradition and infused with his own unique vision, add immeasurably to this gorgeous book. Highly recommended.

This beautiful, high quality book not only contains powerful and challenging reflections on the lives of Christian women & men through out Church history, but each includes an icon (sometimes 2) of these saints in glossy color. I generally shy away from books with brief, devotional writings, but this book is a clear exception- it pulls no punches, speaks the hard truth with love and helps paint a picture of faith that is as compelling as it is demanding.

This book is a gift to people of faith, one that you will want to share with many others.

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There is great wealth in this volume. Know our Living Faith. Read this book with great prayer and hope and Faith, as lectio divina. Read this book.

I try to read it to you here, but lost it and stopped. Sorry. It is very powerful. Please read this book, in sips if you must, as this is best, but please read this book, better than I can here.

Please.
Take and read, for this is our Faith at its finest.
Meet here many of our Communion of Saints whom you do not know, whom you have not yet met and yet who pray most ardently for you already in Heaven, including Cardinal Urs von Balthazar.

These are our Saints. Let them teach you; let them show you the path to grace and peace and love and justice and humility and the Reign of God.