{"product_id":"saints-for-sinners-alban-goodier-9781933184289","title":"Saints for Sinners: Nine Desolate Souls Made Strong by God","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese pages remind us that God's grace can conquer every human flaw . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChrist came not to call saints but to make them -- often out of weak, stupid, and sinful men. That's why the saints are not only models of holiness for us to imitate; they're reminders that God's grace can outshine every human flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Alban Goodier's classic \u003ci\u003eSaints for Sinners\u003c\/i\u003e shows us, even the greatest saints had to battle the same stubborn vices, temptations of the flesh, and bouts of spiritual dryness that afflict you and me today. In these pages, with a style that perfectly blends hagiographical detail, spiritual meditation, and a skilled storyteller's touch, Archbishop Goodier brings us the tales of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mercenary fighting man and itinerant gambler who left behind his rough soldier's habits and founded a religious order to care for the sick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe backward, sickly teenager, disowned by his family and dogged by the Inquisition, who became a miraculous healer and paragon of humble simplicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe willful Tuscan beauty with a bad reputation who forsook vanity and lust to answer God's call to live in poverty and penitence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe brilliant, brooding Spanish nobleman who gave up everything to be a missionary -- only to see most of his efforts fail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe royal chaplain and daring Counter-Reformer who escaped the gallows but had to endure a lifelong interior martyrdom of doubt and discouragement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hedonistic heretic and womanizer who traded worldly pleasure for divine happiness, and became one of the Church's greatest theologians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd other inspiring tales of imperfect souls \"made perfect in infirmity\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead these stories and find in them delight and encouragement, as well as hope. You'll come to see that there is no one so sinful, weak, or desolate that God has not already raised another like him to the heights of glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Archbishop Alban Goodier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933184280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933184289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.69h x 5.80w x 0.52d","brand":"Archbishop Alban Goodier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991203315967,"sku":"9781933184289","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b3bed18-03bc-4214-94bc-5b789ec46eda.jpg?v=1683309031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saints-for-sinners-alban-goodier-9781933184289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}