Heroes of God

By Henri Daniel-Rops Have you strength to drink of the cup I am to drink of? They said: We have. (Matthew 20:22) Down through the ages, numerous men and women have devoted themselves totally to the task of spreading the Gospel to the dark corners of the world. To each belonged some definite service, bequeathed by God and unto His glory. From this immense variety, Henri Daniel-Rops has selected eleven heroes of God: St. Paul, prince of Apostles and proto-missionary; St. Martin of Tours, servant of God to the French countryside; Blessed Ramon Lull, martyr for the Muslims; Bartolomé de las Casas, loving father to the natives of the New World; St. Francis Xavier, intrepid pioneer and preacher to Asia; St. Issac Jogues, priest-unto-death for the Iroquois; St. Junípero Serra, cultivator of California and its harvest for Christ’s Church; Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, dauntless liberator of the slaves in French Guiana; St. Charles de Foucauld, hermit of the Sahara and disciple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; St. Damien of Molokai, sufferer of living death, leprosy, for the sake of his flock; and Father Nussbaum, indomitable modern martyr of forbidden Tibet.  Originally published in 1959, Heroes of God bears compelling witness to the truth that—despite all differences in time, temperament, and territory—these adventurers had a common design: to live, suffer, and die so that others might know the love and mercy of God.   Henri Daniel-Rops (1901–1965) was a French Catholic historian and author of seventy books, written over a span of just thirty years, including the monumental, ten-volume History of the Church of Christ. Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular. In 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.  * * * Paperback: 238pp. ISBN: 978-1685953676