{"product_id":"the-saintmakers-christmas-eve","title":"The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Paul Horgan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Castillo brothers \u003c\/b\u003eare artists in the craft of saintmaking—curing, carving, plastering, and painting dead wood into lifelike statues of God’s blessed ones. As boys, the brothers received this talent from a Franciscan friar, who saw in them the capacities to wield it well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe brothers were fashioned by God to constitute, between them, that which it took to make a work of faith, which was the same thing as saying a work of art. Roberto had the eye, the swift and careful hand, to see what lay hidden in a stick of wood and to carve it free; while Carlos had the patient and musing joy to work by measure, like an apothecary, and never by the flash of certainty that comes from nowhere.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eChristmas 1809: Roberto Castillo sets forth for the village of San Cristóbal, in New Mexico’s Rio Grande valley, with a statue of their patron to be installed and venerated at the Midnight Mass. It is the brothers’ masterpiece: St. Christopher bearing on his shoulder the holy Christ Child. Upon his return home, Roberto greets his brother, not with the payment for their labor, but with strange, miraculous tidings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eTold with tenderness and great suspense, and illustrated with eighteen fine drawings by the author, \u003ci\u003eThe Saintmaker’s Christmas Eve \u003c\/i\u003etells with imaginative fire and frank humility the miracle of Christmas: God’s mercy, made incarnate for all peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Horgan \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1903–1995) was an American Catholic historian and novelist, praised by David McCullough as “a writer of large vision and many-sidedness” with a matchless “command of language and feeling for human nature.” Author of forty-plus books, Horgan received two Pulitzer Prizes and the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal. A number of his books are now available from Cluny, including \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/paul-horgan\/products\/a-distant-trumpet\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Distant Trumpet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/humble-powers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHumble Powers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/paul-horgan\/products\/things-as-they-are\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003eThings As They Are\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover: \u003c\/strong\u003e112pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953621\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/allta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003eALLTA Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e | Book Two\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100041666927,"sku":"978-1685953621","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1186.jpg?v=1781124947","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-saintmakers-christmas-eve","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}