New condition color illustrated and black-and-white photographic softcover wraps. Includes Preliminary Page Quote by St. Therese of Lisieux; Preface; Foreword and Biographical Note: Charles-Marie Antonine Arminjon. Signed and inscribed by the translator, Susan Conroy, with blue pen on the full title page. "Reading this book was one of the greatest graces of my life." - St. Therese of Lisieux. "No Lasting City. All things pass. Glory fades. Nature groans in labor. The day of the Lord is coming, and with it will come the end of the entire created order. And yet so many of us live with our eyes fixed on this passing world only, rather than on the everlasting world to come. Preoccupied with earthly pleasures and cares, we ignore our eternal destiny. This was no less true in the late nineteenth century, when Father Charles Arminjon, a priest from the mountains of southeastern France, assembled his flock in the town cathedral to preach a series of conferences to help them turn their thoughts