Butler's Lives of the Saints

This new concise Butler's, provides an essay on one saint for each day of the month, using the twelve-volume full edition of Butler's Lives of the Saints as a source. Selections are made from both categories of "Saint" and "Blessed"--canonized and beatified, allowing for the increasing proportion of women and of new- and third-world holy people. Completely rewritten in a more popular style, this volume also has more "spiritual" appeal. A prayer and intercessory reflection is included after each entry, which lend themselves to family or small-group meditation as well as to individual devotion. The volume also suggests baptismal/confirmation names for the day's commemorations or for inclusion in prayers.