Sermons of the Saints
Alphabetical Index of 500 sermons, letters and discourses from 167 saints
As Found in The Liturgy of The Hours – Office of Readings
“Nothing can bring us into close contact with the beauty of Christ himself other than the world of beauty created by faith and light that shines out from the faces of the saints, through whom his own light becomes visible.” Pope Benedict XVI – 2002
This timeless library is a treasure chest of truth. It’s collection represents a classical “Institute of Theology;” a crash course in moral philosophy offering over 500 theological commentaries, original writings, discourses, letters and sermons of the early Church Fathers and the great saints of the Church over the past 20 centuries of its history.
The writings found here were authored by a faculty of 167 theologians, learned professors, scholastic masters and holy mystics, all numbered among the saints of the Church Christ established. You will also find selected commentaries from holy pontiffs and key documents from the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II).
The exemplary lives of these saints, the truth and eloquence of their discourses convey their deep spiritual insights revealing a profound understanding of the message of the Gospels. This priceless collection offers instruction from the masters of spiritual direction, each one echoing the truth proclaimed by Christ in the Gospels.
SOURCES:
The Liturgy of the Hours, Four Volume Set, Catholic Book Publishing Company, New York 1975
Dates – Found in above plus in Dictionary of Saints, Delaney, Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1980;
Butler’s Lives of the Saints, Harper Collins, NY 1991
Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Encyclopedia, 1991