Heart of the Holy Family: A Manual of Prayer (Eudist Prayerbook Series 1)

The prayers in this booklet were composed by St. John Eudes.They have been used by bishops, seminary professors, missionaries, and laity from all walks of life, to deepen their relationship with God. Within the book, you will find litanies, written to be prayed in two voices, alternating like a heartbeat. You will find passages from scripture, rearranged into poetry that can make your heart sing. The saint held a special devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart, to the point where he considered them to act as a single Heart. ** ### About the Author *"John Eudes: an outstanding man. The sanctity of his life gave a shining example of holiness, not only in his lasting service to humanity but in his illustrious zeal for the salvation of souls."* \- Pope St. Pius X Born during France's "Golden Age of Saints" in the 17th century, he took part in a wave of new evangelization in France alongside Sts. Francis de Sales, Vincent de Paul, Margaret Mary Alacoque, and many others. He founded lasting institutions like *The Congregation of Jesus and Mary* (the Eudists) to train priests in seminaries and continue his work of evangelization; the Sisters of *Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd* (the Good Shepherd Sisters) to care for repentant prostitutes and other victims of human trafficking); and he left his mark on many other orders like the *Little Sisters of the Poor,* and Mother Antonia Brenner's *Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour.*