Omer Englebert (1893–1991)

This packed a lot of info into a small book! It goes through the saints alphabetically, giving a brief synopsis of each one's life. At the end, it includes a large list of other saints (I'm a bit confused about these, perhaps most of them are not "official"?) and tells what folks pray to them for.

I am Protestant so did not grow up with all these saints. It was interesting to think how different it might be to be brought up hearing about all the torture and death surrounding a lot of them. It show more was also interesting to me to learn that some of them had "sinful" or unsavory lives before becoming saint-like. I had thought one had to be 100% saintly!

The list at the back really gets humorous after a while. It reminds me of a pantheon of gods who should solve all your problems. And I suppose that's because I am Protestant and do not have anyone between God/Jesus and me.

An interesting and enlightening read! show less

This is a fun high level primer on Saints categorized by day. Since I bought it used, it was worth every penny. Really, though, not enough death and violence.

This was a wonderful book about the first stigmata. He led a wonderful, inspiring life.

Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/11/2023