Angels and Saints: A Biblical Guide to Friendship with God’s Holy Ones

Angels and saints. Catholics tend to consider them as different from the rest of us. They are cast in plaster or simpering on a holy card, performing miracles with superhero strength, or playing a harp in highest heaven.

Yet they’re very near to us in every way. In this lively audiobook, Scott Hahn dispels the false notions and urban legends people use to keep the saints at a protected distance. The truth is that Jesus Christ has united heaven and earth in a close communion. Drawing deeply from Scripture, Dr. Hahn shows that the hosts of heaven surround the earthly Church as a “great cloud of witnesses”. The martyrs cry out from heaven’s altar begging for justice on the planet. The prayers of the saints and angels rise to God, in the Book of Revelation, like the sweet aroma of incense.

Dr. Hahn tells the stories of several saints (and several angels too) in a way that’s fresh and new. The saints are spiritual giants but with flesh-and-blood reality. They have got strong, holy ambitions – and powerful temptations and opposition that should be overcome. Their stories are amazing and yet familiar enough to motivate us to live more beautiful lives. In this telling of their story, the saints are neither otherworldly nor this-worldly. They exemplify the integrated life that every Christian is called to live.

Still, their lives are as different from one another as human lives will also be. Dr. Hahn shows the heavenly Church in all its kaleidoscopic diversity – from Moses to Mary, Augustine to Therese, and the first century to the last century.

Only saints will live in heaven. We wish to be more like the saints if we need to live in heaven one day. Dr. Hahn shows us that our heavenly life can begin now.

It should.