St Anthony of the Desert

St Anthony of the Desert (12 January 251 – 17 January 356) feast day 17th January
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Picture Book of Saints #05
Picture Book of Saints #05
by Fr Lawrence G. Lovasik

St. Joseph Picture Book Series, Part 5 of 12 books on the "Super-Heroes of God"--commonly known as Saints--by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. introduces Catholic children to 15 of the most well-known Saints. Among the features of this book are:

  • a full-color illustration of each Saint
  • short, easy-to-understand lives of the Saints that offer a window on what made them so special in the eyes of God
  • the feast day for each Saint in accordance with the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church

Saints included in this edition are:

St. Basil the GreatSt. Anthony the AbbotSt. Isidore of SevilleSt. Vincent Ferrer
St. Gemma GalganiSt. Philip NeriSt. Camillus de LellisSt. Christopher
St. Ignatius of LoyolaSt. John EudesSt. Gregory the GreatSt. Robert Bellarmine
St. Paul of the CrossSt. Leo the GreatSt. Peter Canisius

Paperback, size 7" x 5", 32 pages
$4.00  Inc Tax
The Book of Saints and Heroes
The Book of Saints and Heroes
by Andrew and Lenora Lang

Marvelous legends and exciting true stories of Christian saints and heroes will provide many hours of delightful reading to believers and non-believers alike!

Read the exciting stories of:

The First Hermits (St Paul the Hermit & St. Anthony of the Desert)The Roses from Paradise (St Dorothea)The Saint with the Lion (St Jerome)Synesius, the Ostrich Hunter (St Synesius)The Struggles of St Augustine (St Augustine of Hippo)
Germanus the Governor (St Germanus of Auxerre)Malchus the MonkThe Saint on the PillarThe Apostle of NorthumbriaSt Columba
Brendan the SailorThe Charm QuellerDunstan the Friend of KingsSt Margaret of ScotlandSt Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint and KingThe Preacher to the BirdsRichard the BishopColetteThe Apostle of the Japanese
The Servant of the PoorThe Founder of HospitalsThe Patron Saint of England

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 342 pages
$32.00  Inc Tax
St. Antony of the Desert
St. Antony of the Desert
St. Antony of the Desert
by St. Athanasius

No one can claim to be seeking the monastic ideal who does not seek to imitate St. Anthony of the Desert, justly called "the Great." Holy Abba Antony was the second of the Desert Fathers, learning from the primordial hermit himself, St. Paul the First Hermit. Illustrious in holiness, glorious in asceticism, magnificent in miracles, resolute against temptation, St. Antony remains unsurpassed by any monk as the greatest of Abbots, the original "Anthony" and namesake of St. Anthony of Padua.

The account is worth the read as much because of its subject—him who received the Jesus Prayer from Our Lady and mastered the swarms of demons that surround us all by humble invocation of the Name of the Savior—as because of the hand that wrote it: St. Athanasius, also called "the Great." The pious should consider that no other pen was deemed suitable to depict the life of the Father of Monasticism as the Father of Orthodoxy, who defended the Holy Trinity and the Divinity of Jesus Christ against the blasphemies of the Arian heresy. St. Athanasius's holy voice resounds throughout this most venerable of hagiographies.

Let St. Antony touch your heart (through the words of St. Athanasius) as his own heart was when he heard the words of the Savior: "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; then come, follow Me." Let us learn from holy Abba Antony just what this means for us.

Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 120 pages
$15.00  Inc Tax
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