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A Gift of Roses -
by Don Mullan
ISBN: 0-86327-891-4
Price: € 11.99
"Substantial, revealing and moving
written with great sincerity and conviction." - Irish
Times Book Review
"The Irish experience was a reflection
of what happened internationally." - Lisieux, France
North American readers will find the epilogue
of A Gift of Roses deeply moving. It is a fascinating account
of the author's experience of being the first Irish journalist
permitted into Ground Zero just six days after the horrific
events of September 11th, 2001, to visit the church where
the body of Fr. Mychael Judge, Chaplain to the New York Fire
Department, was carried. Amazingly, Mullan's passport to Ground
Zero was a chance reference to this book!
On the first
East Sunday of the third millennium the Relics of St Thérèse
of Lisieux were carried onto Irish soil to begin an historic
eighty-day tour of the country. It had been anticipated that
this unique journey would attract tens of thousands of well-wishers
and devotees, and, of course, some cynics and doubters. However,
no one could have foreseen the tremendous impact that the
visit of 'The Little Flower' would have on a country where
a succession of Church scandals had rocked and unsettled the
faithful. Remarkably, Irish people flocked to churches, cathedrals
and convents, and lined the roads between, not in their tens
of thousands - but in their millions.
In this book, best-selling author Don
Mullan presents a snapshot of the phenomenal response of a
wide cross-section of these people. Over 100 personal accounts
and reflections are presented in a language that will bring
the reader on a thought-provoking, challenging and provocative
roller coaster of emotions. These include testimonies of people
who claim physical, emotional and spiritual cures. One of
the most extraordinary is the rescue of a toddler from a fire
who later claimed that St. Thérèse had shielded
her from harm. The following day, while inspecting extensive
damage to the house, the toddlers grandparents, mother and
rescuer were stunned to discover the petals of a rose which
the evening before had touched the reliquary lying in a semi-circle
at the very spot from where the child had been rescued.
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