God's Unusual Saints examines the lives of several unique saints in the Catholic Church. Recognized as living heroically holy lives by the Church's early tradition, or canonized by Popes in later times, these men and women displayed qualities that reflect the creative call of God to unusual lives of sanctity.

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The Priesthood of the Faithful: A Theology of Hope for the Church . . . With the declining numbers of priests a worldwide problem in the Church, the priesthood of the faithful takes on new possibilities. 1 Peter 2:9 . . . But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. From Paragraph 10, Lumen Gentium (Vatican II): Though they differ essentially and not only in degree, the common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood are none the less ordered one to another; each in its own proper way shares in the one priesthood of Christ.

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