St. Paul the Apostle: The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles, Paperback/Mary Fabyan Windeatt

"We just found out there's a plot to kill you " blurted out one man among the little group of Christians as they stumbled into the house of Saul (who later would become known as Paul). "The murderers have been hired, and the Damascus authorities have agreed to look the other way," put in another breathlessly. For a moment there was silence from Saul. "Well, what are you going to do?" whispered the visitors fearfully. Saul thought joyfully of how St. Stephen had been martyred for Christ. But he knew that was not God's will for him just yet. "I'll leave Damascus and escape to Jerusalem," he answered. "I'll go after dark. Will you help me?" "But the watchmen will never let you pass the city gates. They've all been bribed by your enemies." "We'll bypass the city gates," answered Saul calmly. "Just let me explain. . . ." What did Saul have in mind? Would it be dangerous? And would it work? This book tells what happened. It also describes how Paul won victories over the devil, how he was mistaken for a god, and how he faced court trials, scourging, imprisonment, angry mobs and, finally, martyrdom for Christ. In short, this is the story of the many adventures in the life of the great Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles." About the Author: Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children's books, as well as periodical children's pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine. Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.