Saintly Solutions: To Life's Common Problems

by Joseph M. Esper

Book Overview

Help from over 350 saints: the souls best qualified to teach you to cope with life's troubles

Whatever you're struggling with, you're not alone: there's a saint who is not only praying for you before the throne of God, but who went through the same thing you're going through. In Saintly Solutions, Fr. Joseph Esper introduces you to over 350 saints who suffered in ways that you and I suffer every day, and who will bring you,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928832377
• ISBN13: 9781928832379
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Help from the Saints

Wonderful book full of wise guidance from the lives of Saints. Being the professional procrastinator that I am, reading the section titled "Sloth" lead me to ask for the help of Joseph the carpenter to complete my overwhelming workload. And he helped, with the grace of God.

Fantastic! Extremely Helpful!

This is a fantastic book! Whatever problem you are struggling with, you will find an answer and help here. And if you just enjoy reading about the Saints, you will find this book excellent for that as well. Fr. Esper takes many different common problems and then shares which Saints also struggled with these problems or sins. He shares how they overcame the problem, and what other Saints also may have had to say. He shares relevant scripture and quotes from the Saints. He then provides an extremely helpful section called "What you might try" that offers concrete suggestions for conquoring sin and dealing with problems in a holy manner. This is a very complete and inspiring volume. I can't recommend it highly enough - it is wonderful!

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK!

I started reading it at a time when I knew there were serious flaws in my attitude, only I couldn't figure out exactly why, or what to do about them. I'm also poor at reading the Bible and other spiritual books. This book was exactly what I needed! Each day I would read about the worst problem I was having (starting with IRRITATION!), and the stories about the saints who faced those same problems were outstanding. It helped me immensely. The list of problems covered is also very well thought out and realistic. I hope to progress to reading books written by the saints, but reading Fr. Esper's excerpts was much easier for me at this time. One of the things I love most about this book is Fr. Esper's selection of topics: anger, depression, unpopularity, gluttony, and so many more ... how amazing to find a book with topics I can relate to so well! Some of my favorites thus far have been "irritations" and "gloominess." Lastly, I'm amazed that Fr. Esper is sufficiently acquainted with such a wide number of saints as to be able to quote so many of them on each of these somewhat obscure topics. What a treasure trove of education and inspiration! This has truly helped me more than years of therapy!

Saints are good friends

I found Saintly Solutions to be a wonderful way to find out what the Saints did to handle life's tough situations. Their model is put in a readable & fun format. At the end of each chapter (temptation) are resources for prayer, more quotes by Saints & ideas to overcome temptation. I've found this book a great resource & comfort for myself & in teaching teens in my parish.

Saintly Solutions

This is a wonderful format for looking at the lives of Saints. This book shows how the saints have conquered problems that we all have to face. I highly recommend this book.