Saints Are Not Sad: Short Biographies of Joyful Saints

by Frank Sheed

"The only tragedy is not to be a saint", wrote the French novelist L?on Bloy. And St. Francis de Sales said that "A sad saint would be a sorry saint." But what is a saint? One way to answer is to analyze sanctity, theologically and psychologically. Another way, which is the path Frank Sheed chose in creating this volume, is to show you a saint-or rather, since no two saints are alike-to show you a number of saints. In this book, you are shown forty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586175971
• ISBN13: 9781586175979
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"