Saints In Love: The Forgotten Loves Between Holy Women And Men And How They Can Make Our Relationships Divine

The saints were not always alone. Many of them had relationships where they found support, guidance, and love. St. Francis greatly leaned on Clare of Assisi. Pope Gregory XI listened to the advice of his beloved Catherine of Sienna. This book details their relationships, and teaches by example how readers own relationships can become more dynamic. (Motivation)

Award-winning author and spiritual director Carole Hallundbaek unearths the hidden relationships between history's most beloved male and female saints and distills "a vibrant, beautiful, and utterly useful guide for our own relationships today." Journey from medieval Italy to modern day Trump Tower and explore with new relevance the relationships between Francis and Clare of Assisi, Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, Catherine of Siena and Pope Gregory XI, and Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal. Discover, as they did, essential spiritual keys to better relationships - in love, at home, at work, with neighbors, in community, and with God. Illustrated. With the poetry of young Karol Wojtyla, before he became Pope John Paul II.