Book Description

Reflections of an Uncommon Monk is composed of twenty-seven spiritual reflections useful for daily living, and includes a spiritual primer which conveys basic Christian teaching on the spiritual life. This book can be read on its own or as the first book and moral and spiritual foundation of the series A Hero is Chosen. Beginning with the second book, Mission of the Maiden, all of the stories build on the topics and themes introduced in Reflections of an Uncommon Monk. The primary aim of this series is to transmit Christian spiritual principles and to teach moral virtue in the context of a hero-saint story. Part one of Mission of the Maiden: The Hero Story of Joan of Arc includes a brief history of fourteenth and fifteenth century Europe; part two discusses Joan of Arc's hero-saint story focusing on her public mission (hero-event) from the time she left Domrémy until her burning at the stake (hero-moment). Book Three, entitled God's Good Servant and the King's: The Hero Story of Thomas More, includes a brief history of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe (part one) and covers Thomas More's hero-saint story (part two) focusing on his public dissent from King Henry VIII (hero-event) until his execution (hero-moment). Book Four, entitled King of Kings: The Hero Story of Jesus of Nazareth includes Old and New Testament history highlighting the first century AD Roman occupation of Judea and Jesus of Nazareth's hero-saint story from his public mission (hero-event) until his crucifixion at Calvary (hero-moment). Book Five, entitled Friar, Priest, and Martyr: The Hero Story of Maximillian Kolbe, incorporates nineteenth and twentieth century European history highlighting Nazism and World War II; part two covers Maximillian's hero-saint story focusing on his public mission as a priest (hero-event) until his imprisonment and death at Auschwitz (hero-moment). Book Six is a short fiction novella entitled A Vocation Story Never Told: A Hero Story of Future Saints that takes place in the late twenty-first century and early twenty-second century. Book Seven, Hero Bible Verses: Meditations of a Saint, offers inspiring Bible quotes from Genesis to Revelation.