Saints: Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year by Dawn Marie Beutner( published by Ignatius Press 2020: £23.50).

The virtues do not live in the abstract. We really know then only when we see them lived out by real people. This is why we refer to the saints as the ‘living Gospel’. Dawn Beutner has done a great service in ringing together their short biographies for every day of the year-Father Paul Scalia.

Saint Faustina Kowalska (Feast Day October 5), Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe ( Feast day August 14), Saint Josemaria Escriva (Feast Day June 26) are just three of the many individuals canonised by Pope Saint John Paul 11 during his long pontificate. Saints, over the centuries, have inspired and encouraged Christians to follow Jesus in their search for holiness. This volume is to be recommended as an aid to living out the Christian faith

-Father James.