Nun Christina / Saint Makarios the Great
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
**Blurb (200 words):***The Fifty Spiritual Homilies of Saint Makarios the Egyptian* open a radiant window into the inner landscape of the Christian soul. Emerging from the depths of the fourth-century Egyptian desert, these profound teachings reflect the living voice of one of the Church’s great ascetics. Saint Makarios, revered for his spiritual discernment and miraculous life, speaks not to the mind alone but to the very heart of the believer. With piercing clarity and compassionate authority, he guides the soul through the labyrinth of passions, revealing the hidden warfare within, and the surpassing peace of union with Christ.These homilies are not speculative theology or ecclesiastical polemic, but direct appeals to the conscience and the heart. They centre on purification, humility, noetic prayer, and the transfiguring presence of the Holy Spirit. With vivid allegories, scriptural insight, and practical exhortation, Makarios leads the Christian not merely to moral improvement, but to deification-the partaking of divine life. His voice is that of the desert: austere, burning, and tender.
