{"product_id":"street-prankster-to-spiritual-legend-joseph-everly-9798195509859","title":"Street Prankster to Spiritual Legend: The Story of Saint Philip Neri","description":"\u003cp\u003eRome was dying. God sent a fool to save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't supposed to be a saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo money. No plan. No dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lived in an attic, preached to pigeons, walked into the plague when others fled, and called his cat his theologian. He raised a dead boy-then begged no one to speak of it. He cast out demons with a bucket of dirty water and a joke. He even told the Pope \"no\" to his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name was Philip Neri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he became the Second Apostle of Rome-not by power, but by joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe turned a granary into a refuge for drunks, prostitutes, and broken boys. He invented the oratorio to steal music back from despair. He made laughter a weapon strong enough to wound hell itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctors later discovered his heart had physically enlarged from love-cor dilatatione mirabili, a miracle of nature broken open by grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 27 years, the Church didn't know what to do with him. He refused status, refused solemnity, refused anything that dimmed his joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Neri redefined what holiness could look like: not marble, not distance, not fear-but a man fully alive in God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war for joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revolution of laughter over fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf love over control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf a heart too large for its chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen this book if you're tired of beige saints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen it if you believe God has a sense of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen it if you've ever felt too strange, too broken, or too undignified for God to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause holiness is not the death of personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is its resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd saints like Philip Neri don't really leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey just sit down beside you and say: Welcome home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Everly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195509859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Joseph Everly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874657284351,"sku":"9798195509859","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/street-prankster-to-spiritual-legend-joseph-everly-9798195509859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}