Through the Cross: God, the Saints, and Me — Volume II — A Daily Meditation with Fifty Catholic Saints

Through the Cross — God, the Saints, and Me, Volume II — A Daily Meditation with Fifty Catholic SaintsA daily Catholic devotional walking with fifty martyrs and witnesses who kept the faith to the end — through persecution, prison, and the final witness of blood.Volume II of the seven-volume series God, the Saints, and Me gathers fifty saints who carried the Cross to its furthest end: St. Stephen the first martyr, St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, St. Lawrence the Deacon, St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, St. Sebastian, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, St. Hildegard of Bingen, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Thomas More, St. John of the Cross, the Korean Martyrs (St. Andrew Kim Taegon, St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, Bl. Paul Yun Ji-chung and companions), the Japanese Martyrs (Sts. Paul Miki and 26 companions), St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Bl. Franz Jägerstätter, St. Óscar Romero, and the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya.Each day opens with one saint: a short Scripture passage to anchor the day; a meditation on the saint's life, suffering, and witness; a practical question for living the Cross today; and a short prayer asking the saint's companionship.The reading rhythm is gentle — about ten minutes a day. Read in order, or open at any feast day. Designed for the home, the parish, the catechumenate, RCIA, prayer groups, and individual reading.This is Volume II of seven planned volumes — 350 lives in all. The first three volumes (I–III) together carry the first 150 saints: Vol. I The Calling and the Turn (the apostles, the Fathers, the great founders); Vol. II Through the Cross (martyrs and witnesses, this volume); Vol. III Holy in the Ordinary (the hidden saints, mothers and fathers, the sick and the poor).A book that pairs each life with your own. A book in which the life of one person calls out the life of another.Catholic devotional · daily readings · 50 saints · martyrs and witnesses · communion of saints · suitable for parish, RCIA, family, and personal prayer.By Tae Ho Guak. Companion website: dailysaints.online — a new saint each day. Read more