Why God Loves the Irish

Why God Loves the Irish
Author: Humphrey J. Desmond
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2019-04-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479439142

Everybody with a heart that beats with the love of humanity at large, no less than the Irish themselves, will find joy and refreshment in this demonstration by our author of a theme so unconsciously daring as "Why God Loves the Irish." His treatment of the problem involved amply relieves the Almighty of making the slightest mistake in His well-known preference fo the branch of the Celtic race which made Ireland its home and a fresh point of departure for capturing the esteem and love of good things of the rest of the world. [Originally published in 1918.] Humphrey J. Desmond was editor of the Catholic Citizen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Saving Europe

Saving Europe
Author: Henry Vyner-Brooks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2021-01-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780956942746

SAVING EUROPE ​is a SPLIT BIOGRAPHY OF TWO UNSUNG HEROES IN TWO DARK AGES​. ​At either end of European history, the decisive leadership showed by (6th-century Irish monk) Columbanus, and (20th-century French statesman) Robert Schuman, helped tip the balance against the forces of cultural anarchy in their day. The author travels to 12 countries in search of their lives and legacies - which serve as both inspiration and warning.​ ​ This book also explores the​ ARRIVAL, SURVIVAL, VICTORY & ATROPHY OF EUROPEAN CIVILISATION​. ​From Abraham to Athens; Byzantium to Brussels, this book explores the triumphs and tragedies of a unique civilization. It highlights the impact of Christianity on Europe's cultural formation and the Christian leadership which spurred movements for political integration.​ ​ This book delivers a​ STARK ANALYSIS & TIMELY CHALLENGE TO MODERN EUROPEANS​. ​Reissuing the warning of the war-time leaders and Christian intellectuals, this book challenges both religious and secular readers to rediscover the missing soul of Europe, before it is too late.​ ​

Irish Love

Irish Love
Author: Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2002-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429974532

Continuing the enchanting chronicles of the fabulous Nuala Anne McGrail and her spear-carrying husband Dermot, bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley takes them once again to Ireland for another thrill-packed adventure. Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic. Meanwhile, the handsome parish priest, Father Jack, has given Dermot the diary of a young Chicago newspaperman. Written in the year 1882, the diary tells in horrendous detail an intriguing story of a mass murder and a trumped-up trial in which one of Ireland's greatest heroes was accused of the murders without a shred of evidence. These two stories, ancient and modern, soon get mixed up, and they make for an utterly fascinating tale of murder, betrayal, and redemption with Nuala and her magical powers at the center of it all. Andrew Greeley not only tells us a riveting tale of adventure and derring-do, he gives us a picture of modern-day prosperous Ireland and the engaging and, of course, sometimes villainous people who live there. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

How the Irish Saved Civilization

How the Irish Saved Civilization
Author: Thomas Cahill
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-04-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307755134

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.

When God Took Sides

When God Took Sides
Author: Marianne Elliott
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2009-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191664278

The struggle between Catholic and Protestant has shaped Irish history since the Reformation, with tragic consequences up to the present day. But how do Catholics and Protestants in Ireland see each other? And how do they view their own communities and what these communities stand for? Tracing the history of religious identities in Ireland over the last three centuries, Marianne Elliott argues that these two questions are inextricably linked and that the identity of both Catholics and Protestants is shaped by the way that each community views the other. Cutting through the layers of myths, lies, and half-truths that make up the vision that Catholics and Protestants have of each other, she looks at how mutual religious stereotypes were developed over the centuries, how they were perpetuated and entrenched, and how they have defined modern identities and shaped Ireland's historical destiny, from the independence struggle and partition to the Troubles of the last four decades.

America

America
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 868
Release: 1915
Genre:
ISBN:

Misery Loves Company, But God Loves Us More

Misery Loves Company, But God Loves Us More
Author: Adrienne L. Miller
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 161579090X

Adrienne L. Miller is a devout Christian who loves the Lord. Though her relationships, her environments, and her life experiences, often conflicts with her spiritual upbringing and her wanting to live her life for Christ, she still manages to maintain her Christian walk with God. After God delivered her from the many dangers, toils, and snares of the enemy, God put it on her heart to share with the world the reason for the hope that lies within her through her testimonial book, 'Misery Loves Company, but God Loves Us More." By sharing her testimony with others, Adrienne wants people to know that it doesn't matter what you've been, or are going through, God is able to keep those who are committed unto Him. This is Adrienne's debut book and prayerfully the beginning of many more to come. Adrienne's been working in the field of Education for over 25 years and has acquired many teaching styles and techniques from hands on educational work experiences. She has an AAS degree in Computer Science and is thirty credit hours away from her B.S. Degree in Business Administration. Under the tutorledge of her pastor and first lady, Adrienne gains knowledge from regularly studying and receiving spiritual training of the bible and applying its principles to her own existence. Adrienne L. M. A. Miller is a native Chicagoan who currently resides in Sauk Village, IL, with her daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter, and occasionally her step grandson. She's the middle child of a family of fifteen. She's currently working as a Teacher's Assistant in a suburban public school district. If God is willing, she's looking forward to retiring from the work force in the near future and focusing more on working to help build God's kingdom.