Saint John Masias

📖 The Scoop

"I'm going to see Father Prior about this!" sputtered old Father Francis, as the little group of priests and brothers peered into the chapel at Brother John. Brother John was praying ardently-several feet off the floor! 

"There is no need to have these... these acrobatics! And right in the sanctuary, too!" 

The others did not know what to say. `Brother John is a saint," ventured one brother. 

Father Francis, however, dismissed the wonder with a wave of his hand. "I'm quite sure that Brother John is a saint," he declared, "but I still see no reason for him to float about in the air! Some of our younger brothers may think they should be able to float in the air too!" 

"Oh, no!" exclaimed one young priest. "That won't happen!" 

"That's what you think!" came the reply. "I shall speak to Father Prior and ask him to put a stop to all such exhibitions. Brother John will have to obey him!" 

What would the Prior say? Would he agree with Father Francis? This book gives the answer. It also tells how John Masias came from Spain to the New World, how he was fired from a job because of his poor education, how he went on miraculous travels, how he fought the Devil, and how he freed over a million souls from Purgatory. All in all, this is the wonderful story of St. John Masias, the marvelous Dominican gatekeeper of Lima. Peru.

Genre: Religion / Christianity / Catholic (fancy, right?)