In his saints, God is manifest as goodness, power, and truth. The variety of saints reflects the infinite beauty and love of God, whose image they most perfectly reflect.

This collection of portraits of the lives of twelve saints, many less well-known, focuses on how each of these particular men and woman has a specific message that is significant for those living in our challenging times.

Though they lived in other times, these twelve saints faced problems similar in many ways to those of our present day. Among the twelve featured here are Paschal Baylon, saint of the Eucharist; Margaret Clitherow, a mother and martyr; Isidore, a farmer; Margaret of Castello, an outcast; Gemma Galgani, a lay stigmatist; the martyr Robert Southwell, a poet; and six other saints.

Ivan Innerst present true and lifelike pictures of saints whose lives have more inspiration to offer today's Christian than has previously been widely known. Each saint has something to share on a range of topical questions for today to help us better live the Gospel message.