Herald of Hope: Reflections on the Life & Spirit of Saint Charles of Mount Argus - Softcover

Spencer, Paul Francis; Troy, Aidan; D'Arcy, Brian; Waters, Ignatius; Keevins, Frank; Coffey, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190596501X ISBN 13: 9781905965014

Publisher: Ovada Books, 2007

Synopsis

What can someone who died over a hundred years ago possibly say to us today? Saint Charles of Mount Argus died in Dublin in 1893. Can his life speak to people who live in a very different world? These reflections on Charles' life and spirit attempt to allow him to dialogue with us, to share with us his sense of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

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The secret of Father Charles - his love for God, his love for people - came from the truth that he was an intimate friend of God. He can teach us how, through loving God in prayer and loving our brothers and sisters in need, we can become in truth the friends of God. (Paul Francis Spencer CP)

Charles of Mount Argus spent every day and many a night facing the reality of suffering. He never denied it or cloaked it. Following his example, we are called to grapple with suffering and not be afraid. Somewhere in the suffering is a trace of Jesus. (Aidan Troy CP)

Charles is not a remote saint with nothing to offer our generation. Look at his life and discover that our greatest gift is to be people of compassion; to be willing to walk with people along the way of the cross, in search of meaning rather than handing out futile answers. (Brian D'Arcy CP)

He truly was a man of God. And people instinctively, intuitively, recognised that. It didn't matter that he couldn't speak very well or preach very well. What he said came from the heart - and from a heart in tune with God.(Ignatius Waters CP)

This is what inspired and motivated Father Charles: he loved the sick as Jesus loved the sick, he had time for the sick as Jesus had time for the sick, he blessed the sick as Jesus blessed the sick, and this led people to recognise true holiness in him. (Frank Keevins CP)

Like all Passionists, he stood with Mary at the foot of the Cross and had his gaze firmly fixed on Jesus giving his life for us. Everything he knew about love and kindness and the service of others he learned there. (Martin Coffey CP)

Edition details

• Publisher: Ovada Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190596501X
• ISBN 13: 9781905965014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80