by Melanie Rigney
Cincinatti, OH: Franciscan Media, 2013
Are you in need of some daily inspiration? Do you love to
learn about the saints? If you answered “yes” to either of those questions,
then Sisterhood of Saints by Melanie
Rigney (Franciscan Media, 2013) is a book you will want to keep close by.
Rigney writes that researching all these women changed her
life. She marvels at the similarities and differences in this select group of
holy women. “They weren’t perfect. . . Sometimes they hurt people, badly. They
were outcasts sometimes as well. . . They helped people who had given up on
themselves, people who had never heard of God or had little use for him if they
had. . . Some of them were really ordinary. . . [Others] crossed battle lines
or offered up their lives in wartime. . . Others died safely in their beds. In
short, they are women just like you and me.”
For each day of the year, Rigney offers a short biography of
the featured saint, a quote of inspiration from either the Scriptures or the
saint, and a challenge to help you live your spiritual life more deeply.
Rigney has highlighted the big-name women saints. Those
looking for Mary, Therese, Elizabeth, Brigid, Catherine, Kateri, etcetera will
not be disappointed, but one is especially impressed by the number of
lesser-known saints who are featured in these pages. The reader will have the
opportunity to make many new heavenly friends, such as Rita Amada de Jesus,
Anna Wang, Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino, and Celine Borzecka. There is a saint
in heaven for every woman to relate to and seek help from.
The Sisterhood of
Saints would make a wonderful gift for the Catholic women in your life. It
is also a wonderful resource for oneself, to deepen one’s faith and learn more
about the communion of saints.
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