{"product_id":"heroes-of-god","title":"Heroes of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave you strength to drink of the cup I am to drink of? They said: We have. \u003c\/i\u003e(Matthew 20:22)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDown through the ages, \u003c\/b\u003enumerous men and women have devoted themselves totally to the task of spreading the Gospel to the dark corners of the world. To each belonged some definite service, bequeathed by God and unto His glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom this immense variety, Henri Daniel-Rops has selected eleven heroes of God: St. Paul, prince of Apostles and proto-missionary; St. Martin of Tours, servant of God to the French countryside; Blessed Ramon Lull, martyr for the Muslims; Bartolomé de las Casas, loving father to the natives of the New World; St. Francis Xavier, intrepid pioneer and preacher to Asia; St. Issac Jogues, priest-unto-death for the Iroquois; St. Junípero Serra, cultivator of California and its harvest for Christ’s Church; Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, dauntless liberator of the slaves in French Guiana; St. Charles de Foucauld, hermit of the Sahara and disciple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; St. Damien of Molokai, sufferer of living death, leprosy, for the sake of his flock; and Father Nussbaum, indomitable modern martyr of forbidden Tibet.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1959, \u003ci\u003eHeroes of God \u003c\/i\u003ebears compelling witness to the truth that—despite all differences in time, temperament, and territory—these adventurers had a common design: to live, suffer, and die so that others might know the love and mercy of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003es \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965) was a French Catholic historian and author of seventy books, written over a span of just thirty years, including the monumental, ten-volume \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/henri-daniel-rops\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular. In 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e * * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953676\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861719617630,"sku":"978-1685953676","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1169.jpg?v=1780986773","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/heroes-of-god","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}