The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers hope in Him with greater

hope in Him with greater confidence

Maud’s family believes George to be another American with whom she had a romance a year ago

Paperback: 250pp

Mauriac leads the reader through Christ’s early years

Musurillo’s writings include the popular Fathers of the Primitive Church and Acts of the Pagan Martyrs

The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers hope in Him with greaterBy Francis L. Filas, S. J. Saint Joseph, the faithful and prudent servant whom the Lord has set over His household, was declared patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870. Yet devotion to the foster father of Jesus Christ has been a feature of the Christian life since the earliest days of the Church. In The Man Nearest to Christ, Francis L. Filas expertly surveys the nature and historic development of devotion to Saint Joseph, faithfully