Love Is a Radiant Light - The Life & Words of St. Charbel by Hanna SkandarA man who prays lives out the mystery of existence, and a man who does not pray scarcely exists. Thus writes St. Charbel Makhlouf (18281898), a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon whose reputation for sanctity spread widely during his life, and whose heavenly intercession has worked countless miracles after his death. St. Charbels homilies and proverbs are reminiscent of the sayings of the Desert Fathers: simple, homespun, and direct, yet shining