Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Overview
Pictorial Lives of the Saints is organized as a daily devotional. For each day the lives of that day’s saints are told and devotional images and reflections presented. The text for the lives is drawn primarily from the old edition of Butler’s lives.
With the Logos edition of Pictorial Lives of the Saints, every word is essentially a link. Scripture references are linked directly to the original language texts and English Bible translations in your library. For every word—in English, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or any language—you can double-click on that word, and your digital library will automatically search your lexicons for a match. That gives you instant access to a wealth of technical linguistic and etymological data, along with tools for accurate exegesis and interpretation.
- Reflections for every day of the year
- List of approbations
Top Highlights
“St. Chrysostom observes that God treats thus all his servants, sending them frequent trials to clear their hearts from the rust of self-love, but intermixing seasons of consolation.” (Page 145)
“Reflection.—Adversity is the touchstone of the soul, because it discovers the character of the virtue which it possesses. One act of thanksgiving when matters go wrong with us is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclinations.” (Page 421)
“St. Augustine says: ‘This is the business of our life; by effort and by toil, by prayer and supplication, to advance in the grace of God, till we come to that height of perfection in which with clean hearts we may behold God.’” (Page 37)
“If God be in your heart, He will be also on your lips; for Christ has said, ‘From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.’” (Page 461)
“It is impossible to set any bounds to what persevering prayer may do. It gives man a share in the Divine Omnipotence.” (Page 212)
- Title: Pictorial Lives of the Saints
- Editor: John Gilmary Shea
- Publisher: Benziger Brothers
- Publication Date: 1887
- Pages: 545
