Grain of Wheat: A Novel Genevieve

Grain of Wheat: A Novel GenevieveSet in the second century of the early Christian Church, Grain of Wheat takes you into the heroic lives of the early Christians. Along the way, it shows the beauty and dignity of the Christian family, along with the power of the vocation to celibacy a charism lived not only by priests and bishops, but by many of the lay faithful. These brave men and women, both single and married, followed Christ and spread his Kingdom while remaining in society.

to return to unity in God

Perhaps the most fascinating book ever written by this great Catholic historian

Stephen Meader

and a violent storm to come

discovery of the New World and Protestant Revolt

Von Balthasar stresses the need for all the elements of Christianity

The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature

A practical joker with a great sense of humour in his youth

the mystery of the Church

and leading to a spirit of poverty which is necessary for the rich life celibacy offers

The blind see

beginning in Schesslitz in Bavaria and ending in the Vatican on the morning of the forty-first day