Contents

Foreword

  1   The Saint of the Sock Drawer
An Introduction

  2   Child of God
Joan of Arc

  3   Inward Drama
Thérèse of Lisieux

  4   The True Self
Thomas Merton

  5   Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Ignatius of Loyola

  6   More Than Ever
Pedro Arrupe

  7   In the Grotto of Massabieille
Bernadette Soubirous

  8   Share This Joy with All You Meet
Mother Teresa

  9   Vicar of Christ
Pope John XXIII

10   Living in Her World
Dorothy Day

11   For I Am a Sinful Man
Peter

12   Fides Quaerens Intellectum
Thomas Aquinas

13   Fools for Christ
Francis of Assisi

14   Hidden Lives
Joseph

15   Who Trusts in God
The Ugandan Martyrs

16   The Most Precious Thing I Possess
Aloysius Gonzaga

17   Full of Grace
Mary

18   Holy in a Different Way
A Conclusion

19   Still Trying to Become a Saint
An Epilogue

For Further Reading

Acknowledgments

A Guide for Reading Groups

About the Author