Book recommendations regarding the life of Saint Charbel

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Hello and blessings my Eastern Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ!

I was hoping some of you could give me some good book recommendations regarding the life and history of this saint. My interest was piqued after seeing a movie about him.



Saint Charbel pray for us!!!
 
Bwahaha. I keep running into St. Charbel everywhere I go. 😛

You might try:
St. Charbel Makhlouf of Lebanon
Angelus Press (2006)
ISBN 978-2762303148
96 pages

It doesn’t appear to still be in print, but Amazon has some copies available for under $5.

Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces, Book 1
TAN Books and Publishers (May 1, 2009)
978-0895552228

has 5 pages dedicated to St. Charbel. (p. 136-140)

Three Lights from the East: A Biographical Account of the Lives of Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, Father Nematallah Hardini, Blessed Rebecca Rafka Er-Ryiess
Mansour Awad (Author), George I. Saad (Translator)
ASIN: B001TK1WA2
Publisher: Monsignor Norman Ferris (1990)
178 pages
may or may not be available from stmaron.org/pubs.html ; it’s out-of-print but still listed for sale.

The Call of the Desert
by Bishop Francis M. Zayek, S.T.D., J.C.D., Diocese of St. Maron, U.S.A, June 1977

stmaron.org/CALL_OF_THE_DESERT.pdf
 
Probably the best is the little book entitled “The Hermit of Lebanon - Father Sharbel” by the late Msgr Joseph Eid. It was originally published in 1952 (I think) and while it is long out-of-print, a copy could be available on Amazon or elsewhere. I’ll never part with mine. 🙂
 
Go to the website Monastery of Saint Maron - Annaya. This is where Saint Charbel’s tomb is and the place of many miracles. You can get some background on the Saint. There is a guest book where you can ask for Saint Charbel’s intercession.

Also search for Father Hanna Skander. He has written books on Saint Sharbel. He is a priest at a Maronite monastery in France. There should be a book on the life of Saint Charbel coming out soon that is being translated from Arabic to English. Some of the accounts of his life are amazing!
 
In the next month or so there should be a Facebook page called Saint Charbel USA. The goal of the individuals sponsoring the page is to make people in the U.S. more aware of his life, miracles, quotes, etc. There is also a book that has been translated from Arabic to English that is currently being edited for book and online publication.
 
Saint Sharbel - USA should be available on Facebook next week. The page is currently being constructed and will have a slide show, information about his life, upcoming movie events, etc. I am sure that you will find a lot of insightful information about this amazing Saint.
 
It appears the link on the Facebook page Saint Sharbel USA has the most recent version of the English translation of Father Hanna Skandar’s book.
 
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