In The Sinner’s Guide, Venerable Louis de Granada proves himself a masterful spiritual director, showing how life in Christ is a beautiful way of life, worthy of all our efforts to pursue it. Numerous saints have enthusiastically recommended the works of this Dominican master of the spiritual life.

St. Teresa of vilacredited The Sinners Guide with having converted more than a million people. The author, she concluded, was a man given to the world by God for the great and universal good of souls.

St. Charles Borromeoinsisted that no one has written books . . . of greater selection and profit than Fray Louis of Granada.

St. Rose of Limahad his books always at hand and even used them to fight off the Devil.

St. Francis de Salesurged a bishop-elect to read Fray Louis works, beginning with The Sinners Guide, and to treat them as a second breviary.

Sts. John of the Cross, Peter of Alcntara, Vincent de Paul, and Louise de Marillacall counted Fray Louis among their favorite spiritual writers.

Pope Benedict XIIItold him: Your writings . . . have benefited your fellow creatures more than if you had given sight to the blind and raised the dead to life.

In this book, the author answers these and other critical questions:

Why should I serve God?
What privileges belong to those who practice virtue?
What practical remedies can I use to overcome vices?
What are my specific duties to God, my neighbor, and myself?
Why is courage so important in learning to practice virtue?

For mastery of subject, command of Scripture, and impact on the heart and mind, no book surpasses The Sinners Guide.

Venerable Louis of Granada(15041588) was a Spanish Dominican theologian, preacher, and spiritual writer. His 49 works have been translated into 25 languages and published in 6,000 editions.

496 pages. Paperback.