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Posted: May 29 2013 at 5:20pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
We visited my MIL over the holiday weekend. We went antiquing a few times. I'm really excited about one book that I found.

The title is unfortunate in today's culture, but it's obviously about the joyful defintion:

Gay Legends of the Saints by Frances Margaret Fox, illustrated by Jill Elgin, published by Sheed and Ward, 1942.

You can view it online here (but not downloadable except by single pages unless you are partner in the library system.)

Saint stories include:
St. Nicholas
St. Rigobert
St. Raymond
St. Cuthbert
St. Launomar
St. Kenneth
St. Spiridion
St. Gudula
St. Gregory
St. Simeon Stylites
St. Rose of Lima
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Gudwall
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Patrick
St. Comgall
St. Bridget
St. Felix
St. Zita
St. Christopher
St. Jerome
St. Roch
St. Benno
St. Swithin

Some of the saints I do not know. Most of the legends are related to the flora and fauna.

What is unique about this book is it focuses on the Legends of the saints, but the emphasis is that is LEGEND. The author says "Of course, we know that most legends are truth, sometimes trimmed with a bit of embroidery." These are joyful stories, hence the title.

The approach to the the legends is that these were holy men and women who loved God. There is no aspect of magic or focusing only on the natural aspects. I have found so many books leaving me feeling like the emphasis is misdirected, either on the natural level, or the power is from the saint themselves. (Most of those on the Baldwin Project fit this bill for me.)

There is one short legend/story that is not related to a particular saint and the word "magic" is used, but the author emphasizes that it's a legend.

That's the other aspect...most of these legends are similar to the ones in the "Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine" that teach a lesson. Recalling the stories help us focus on a bad habit or fault.

If you search on Bookfinder or Addall used you'll find more copies.


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Posted: May 29 2013 at 5:25pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Oh, and I didn't even mention that the illustrations are just AMAZING!

Sheed and Ward had such great books!

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