Saint Peregrine: Prayer and Healing for Those Facing Cancer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798199913485)

When the doctor says the word, the world shifts on a hidden axis.

Cancer.

Everything before, and everything after.

In this gentle, substantive companion, A Servant of God brings to the cancer patient, and to the family members and friends who walk beside them, one of the great saints of the Christian tradition: Saint Peregrine Laziosi of the Servite Order, patron of those afflicted with cancer. Saint Peregrine himself faced the surgeon's blade with a frightened heart. The night before his scheduled amputation, he dragged himself to the chapel crucifix and prayed through the long hours. By morning, the cancer that had consumed his foot was gone.

But this is not a book that promises cure. The Christian tradition has never promised cure. What it promises is companionship through the long night of diagnosis, through the brutal weeks of treatment, through the question of why, through the silence when prayer becomes impossible, and through, if it should come to it, the holy passage of death.

Across eleven chapters and four appendices, this book offers:

- The complete life and miracle of Saint Peregrine, told as a real story of a real man who knew real fear

- An honest, substantive theology of why a good God allows suffering, without easy answers or pious clichés

- A practical daily rule of prayer for the seriously ill, adapted for the limits of a body in treatment

- Wisdom for the nights when prayer becomes impossible, drawn from the dark-night experiences of the saints themselves

- Guidance on the sacraments and rites the Church has given her sick children, for Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants

- A dedicated chapter for caregivers: the spouses, parents, adult children, and friends whose work of love is itself sacred

- An honest treatment of healing and holy death as both real outcomes of the Christian journey through illness

The book closes with four substantial appendices: a complete nine-day novena to Saint Peregrine; daily prayers for the cancer patient, including prayers for morning, midday, evening, before treatment, in fear, in pain, and in sleepless nights; brief lives of fifteen other saints who walked this path, including Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint John Paul II, Saint Padre Pio, Saint Nektarios of Aegina, Saint Luke the Surgeon, and Saint Charbel; and a topical Scripture index for the sick.

Whether you have just heard the word from your doctor, are months into a long course of treatment, are walking beside someone you love, or are preparing for the final passage, this book is for you.

The saint walks with you.


Author: A. Servant Of God
ISBN-13: 9798199913485
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2026
Pages: 92
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d