{"product_id":"light-on-the-mountain","title":"Light on the Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy John S. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Come near, my children. Do be not afraid.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am here to tell something of great importance.” \u003c\/i\u003e(Our Lady of LaSalette)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the year 1846, \u003c\/b\u003eon the nineteenth day of the golden month of September, in the green fields of France, there appeared to two young shepherds a woman, wreathed in brilliant light. Beautiful as she was, yet the woman wept. At her invitation, young Mélanie and Maximin drew near and received the message of the Mother of God—now known also as Our Lady of LaSalette. In \u003ci\u003eLight on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, Father John S. Kennedy tells this miraculous story. Relaying all the dramatic and inspiring qualities of the events, his account is a vivid presentation of the apparition; of the astonishment of Mélanie and Maximin at the message and their attempts to share it; of the many attempts of skeptics to prosecute and prove the story false; of the sanctifying effects brought upon the children and their community by this heavenly visitation; and of the formal recognition by the Church, after scrutiny of all the evidence, that the Woman who appeared, weeping amidst her glory, on that September day in 1846, was in truth Our Lady.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1953, \u003ci\u003eLight on the Mountain \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first comprehensive account, in English, of the miraculous events which occurred at LaSalette. Rev­erently treated and told in rich detail, \u003ci\u003eLight on the Mountain \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound record of the grace and mercy of God, which has been visited upon fallen humanity time and again by his compassionate Mother.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn S. Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003e(1909–2000) was an American Catholic priest and author. Ordained in 1935, he served the Church in various roles, including parish priest and chaplain, editor of the \u003ci\u003eCatholic Transcript \u003c\/i\u003e(from 1954 to 1981), and as rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut. Invested as a protonotary apostolic in 1963, Fr. Kennedy also received an honorary doctorate in literature from Providence College.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685955038\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49341318987995,"sku":"978-1685955038","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_673.jpg?v=1790024715","url":"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/light-on-the-mountain","provider":"Cluny Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}