A loving priest with a gift for the gab-gregarious yet humble, a healer with the ability to wipe away a widow's tears and put a smile on a fireman's face.And on September 11th Father Mike rushed to the fires at the World Trade Center as quickly as those w
- Title : The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge
- Author : Michael Daly
- Rating : 4.60 (158 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-5-14
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 400 Pages
- Asin : 0312301502
- Language : English
A loving priest with a gift for the gab-gregarious yet humble, a healer with the ability to wipe away a widow's tears and put a smile on a fireman's face.And on September 11th Father Mike rushed to the fires at the World Trade Center as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New York's bravest.Father Mike recounts the colorful, astonishing and at times troubled life of a priest who saw the potential for good in everybody-in the homeless person he slipped a dollar to on the street; the alcoholic he sought to coax to an AA meeting; the early victims of AIDS he embraced and comforted; the troubled young men he visited in jail; and the thousands of firefighters he blessed as they rushed to their rigs answering the call. Or as Father Mike would say, "My God is a God of surprises."In this touching book, author Michael Daly retraces the footsteps of Father Mike as his vocation takes us inside the firehouse, inside his friary and his Church, and inside the chaos that often befalls New York.This is the tale of a larger than life priest who, in death, became a symbol of how much we truly lost that Tuesday in September. The inspiring story of New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal JudgeHis death certificate bears the number one. Father Mike is the inspirational story of a hero priest who blessed so many lives and will long be remembered by it.. Here was a priest who rejoiced in the life around him and understood thatThis beautifully written book highlights Mychal Judge's ability to harness the power of human kindness and compassion, and reminds the reader of the frailty of human life. This book offers an honest perspective on Mychal Judge, the man and priest, and reminds readers that the human spirit can triumph regardless of what life may have in store. Mychal Judge inspired others to appreciate even life's smallest miracles. I think that Daly details the life of a chaplain also---at bedsides, with families, and with the church. now is my most famous American artist.. Such a great insight into the life of a 'Boot'.What an interesting career the author has had. It's one of the books that when I finished reading it, I felt, "I want to write the author and say 'good job'." In addition, I also wanted to say that to Mychal Judge.. Recommended for general interest but particularly important to anyone interested in a career in criminal justice.. Very good book to read and gets you into the details of things, makes you want to keep reading and not put the book down. Great book! Forget the cop shows, this is the real deal. I feLibs., University Park Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. His death certificate was numbered one—the first official death in the terrorist attack. Its anecdotes, sketches, recollections, and episodes, which superficially seem unrelated, coalesce into a book that combines biography and inspirational testament. This book, powered by dialog—sometimes of conversations said to have taken place decades ago and evidently re-created by Daly (New York Daily News) from his interviews—reads with all the immediacy of a novel. From School Library Journal Father Mychal Judge (1933–2001), chaplain of the New York Fire Department, was one of the nearly 3000 killed on 9/11. Recommended for public libraries.—Glenn Masuchika, Pennsylvania State Univ. Although skeptics may question the quoted dialog, Daly, a friend of Father Mychal, offers a compelling and moving human portrait of a man dedicated to God and duty. If only each of the victims of 9/11 had a Daly to tell their stories. . All rights reserved. The Franciscan friar was almost a legend among NYFD firefighters, a man who spent his years tending b
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