"It is not by the help of gold or gems that I hope to render myself acceptable to the Al- mighty Father . . ., but rather by resignation to His will and a sense of my own nothingness."
--Saint Hedwig In Lay Saints: The Noble and the Humble, Joan Carroll Cruz guides you through the lives of sixty-one lay men and women who achieved the heights of sanctity. These inspiring biographies present saints, whether kings and queens or peasants...