Saints And Seasons Reflections for the Liturgical Year

A major part of the annual worship experiences in the CatholicChurch revolves around the commemoration of the saints. This bookgives a brief history of these outstanding personalities who have beenenrolled in the church's "hall of fame." They cover the period from thefirst to the twentieth century. Some are household names as St. Peter,the first pope, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Therese,the Little Flower, of France and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton of Baltimore,Maryland. Some others are lesser known to us but equally knownto the Lord, to whom they dedicated their lives, love and daily service.Their way of life can be both a guide and inspiration to us on ourpilgrim journey through this world.Just as there are four seasons in our calendar year, so there arefour seasons in the church year. These are Advent, Christmas,Lent and Easter. This book gives a short commentary on theweekday scripture readings for these four liturgical seasons. Manypeople have found these spiritual thoughts enlightening and very helpfulin living the particular seasons in union with the liturgy of the church.McKarns, James is the author of 'Saints And Seasons Reflections for the Liturgical Year', published 2005 under ISBN 9780595360130 and ISBN 0595360130.