The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers Mauriac leads the reader through

Mauriac leads the reader through Christ’s early years

Maud’s family believes George to be another American with whom she had a romance a year ago

Penance absolves them of sin and reconciles them with God and the Church

Musurillo’s writings include the popular Fathers of the Primitive Church and Acts of the Pagan Martyrs

hope in Him with greater confidence

The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers Mauriac leads the reader throughBy Francis L. Filas, S. J. Saint Joseph, the faithful and prudent servant whom the Lord has set over His household, was declared patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870. Yet devotion to the foster father of Jesus Christ has been a feature of the Christian life since the earliest days of the Church. In The Man Nearest to Christ, Francis L. Filas expertly surveys the nature and historic development of devotion to Saint Joseph, faithfully