Saint Bernadette Audio CD

Title: Saint BernadetteAuthors: Bob and Penny LordPublisher: Journeys of FaithFormat: Audio CD Disc  Saint Bernadette of Lourdes “I cannot promise you happiness in this world, but in the next.” There are Saints among us whose greatest virtues have been their lifelong battles against their human nature. Those of us who are privileged to study their lives, have a tendency to ignore what we believe to be their shortcomings, in an effort to go directly to their source of sanctification. When we do this, we miss the teaching the Lord has to give us by the example of His suffering servant. We go for the dream, and miss the journey. The sanctification is in the journey. Saint Bernadette used to complain about the accounts she read on the Lives of the Saints, in that they all seemed too sugar coated. She said of the Saints, “They were human beings with faults and weaknesses, like all of us.” Mother Angelica once said, referring to the authors of lives of the Saints, “They should all be given