Gracious, kind and both deeply human and deeply faithful book exploring the Beatitudes through the lives of 64 women, Catholic saints (or, hopefully, the future saints).

If you are not a Catholic, i also would like to invite you to read the book - there is no complicated theology or preaching, just the lives of our fellow sisters in the womanhood, girls, adults, married ones, cloistered ones...but all of them trying to please God by their lives.

These women lived their lives (as the whole or partly, after their conversion of the heart and since that moment on) on fire to live the life according to Jesus´s teachings on the mountain. The authoress explores every one of the beatitudes by short explanation of their meanings and then she follows in this exploration through the lives of four women per one beatitude. Every part about the saint´s life is followed by the reflections to use in you life. Every chapter is followed by the short introduction of other interesting women and a lovely summary of the chapter´s content.
I especially love the reflections and the summaries! They are well-thought and obviously well-prayed-about, as I got inspired practically by every one of them.

What an extraordinary wealth we have in the lives of these women! Some were heroic in the larger-than-life meaning, some "just" lived their everyday lives with great love. But every one of them can teach us something about how to live our Christian calling to love.
The boo is also a beautiful and gentle invitation for us to do the same.

Recommended book!