Book Review: Seven Saints for Seven Virtues
Matthew Coffin Seven Saints for Seven Virtues (published 2014, by Servant Books, Cincinnati OH, 125 pages) by writer, speaker, psychologist, and award winning, Catholic blogger Jean M. Heimann M. A., examines seven saints and the virtue each personifies. As readers of her blog know, Ms. Heimann's writing is eloquent and accessible. Included is a thoughtful foreword by Lisa M. Hendey discussing how we, inspired by the saints' example, can overcome sin and temptation; act altruistically and persevere in love. Through the pursuit of virtue one acquires an habitual and firm disposition to do good. From the foreword: Faced alone, the ideal life of virtue may seem out of reach for a simple soul such as me. But the good news is that in this life and along this journey, I am never alone. I travel in the companionship of saints canonized, and those known only to their most intimate loved ones. I travel in the loving embrace of a Creator who made me, just as I am, to know, love