More Than Just 50 Beads: Rosary Meditations for the Liturgical Year by St. John Eudes - Paperback

by Steven S. Marshall (Translator), Alvaro Torres Fajardo Cjm (Author), Thomas Merton (Translator)

"Among spiritual giants towers the figure of St. John Eudes." - Ven. Fulton J. Sheen

In December 2016, Pope Francis accelerated a process to proclaim St. John Eudes a Doctor of the Church. In a few years he may be christened "Doctor Cordis" (the Doctor of the Heart), using the title given him by Pope St. Pius X: "the Father, Doctor, and Apostle of Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus & Mary."

This series is an introduction to his spirituality, widely available in English for virtually the first time.

This little volume gives Scriptural meditations on the traditional Rosary mysteries, but it doesn't stop there. St. John Eudes offers us a unique set of Rosary meditations to honor the Liturgical seasons of the year, as well as other sets prayers to be said with a 34-bead chaplet.

Contents include:

- Advent Mysteries (p.21)
1) The promise of a Messiah
2) The wedding of Mary & Joseph
3) Mary waits for the promised birth
4) God entrusts Jesus' care to St. Joseph
5) The coming of Jesus at the end of time

- Holy Week Mysteries (p.28)
1) The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
2) The anointing in Bethany
3) The Last Supper and the New Covenant
4) The Crucifixion of the Son of God
5) The burial of Jesus, Messiah and Lord

- St. John Eudes' Chaplets
* Chaplet of the Eternal Father (p.34)
* Chaplet of the Holy Love of Jesus (p.40)
* Chaplet of the Blessed Trinity (p.44)

Check out our other prayerbooks on Amazon, as well as a short biography titled A Heart on Fire: St. John Eudes, Model of the New Evangelization.

Author Biography

"John Eudes: an outstanding man. The sanctity of his life gave a shining example of holiness, not only in his lasting service to humanity but in his illustrious zeal for the salvation of souls." - Pope St. Pius X

Born during France's "Golden Age of Saints" in the 17th century, he took part in a wave of new evangelization in France alongside Sts. Francis de Sales, Vincent de Paul, Margaret Mary Alacoque, and many others.

He founded lasting institutions like The Congregation of Jesus and Mary (the Eudists) to train priests in seminaries and continue his work of evangelization; the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (the Good Shepherd Sisters) to care for repentant prostitutes and other victims of human trafficking); and he left his mark on many other orders like the Little Sisters of the Poor, and Mother Antonia Brenner's Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour.