The Story of Saint Nicholas Edgar Allison Peers All the trenchantly familiar realities

All the trenchantly familiar realities associated with Péguy are here examined: God and country

but He bids me call Him Friend

He stared at the golden-blue sky and what he felt was thanksgiving not that he was alive but that he had dared to die

Book One (2 vols

The Story of Saint Nicholas Edgar Allison Peers All the trenchantly familiar realitiesBy Mildred Corell Luckhardt Christmas is the feast of giving. On the first Christmas, God gave the human race His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. And thereupon came three kings from the East, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. To a third century young boy named Nicholas, this generosity was marvelouswonderful treasures offered by men who did not give their own names, but only returned quietly to their homes. In time, he would follow