The Quiet Light: A Novel About Saint Thomas Aquinas Confirmation

The Quiet Light: A Novel About Saint Thomas Aquinas ConfirmationThe famous novelist de Wohl presents a stimulating historical novel about the great St. Thomas Aquinas, set against the violent background of the Italy of the Crusades. He tells the intriguing story of St. Thomas who defied his illustrious, prominent family's ambition for him to have great power in the Church by taking a vow of poverty and joining the Dominicans. The battles and Crusades of the 13th century and the ruthlessness of the excommunicated

”The ability to be silent is a skill that even many adults have never developed

and refuge in his little German church

Following on his compelling prior volume

Within a hundred years from Hastings

A profoundly impressive achievement

It takes us soaring on the wings of eagles as SetbonÔÇÖs story unfolds and and we glimpse the panorama and beauty of the whole story of salvation

This work of fiction draws on early Christian testimonies

telling the dramatic story of St

Buddhists and Hindus

This is a valuable introduction to the Catechism by the general editor of the Catechism (Schonborn) and the head of the Bishops Commission for the implementation of the Catechism (Ratzinger)

Hand-in-hand two children

The Liturgy itself is a sharing in the mystery of the Triune God and in the Incarnation