The Man Who Fought the Devil
Eva K. Betz
Read by Maria Therese
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year of study in the seminary. But with determination, and with God’s help, he won through. He became a hard-working parish priest and then a pastor – the beloved Cure of Ars.
Week by week, year by year, his fame as an advisor and a confessor grew. People flocked from great distances to his little church, and privately, among themselves, they called him “saint”. The devil, furious at the ever-increasing number of souls being saved by the Cure, tempted and taunted the priest and even persecuted him physically. But Satan found he had met his match.
Eva K. Betz was a prolific catholic writer of biographical and historical books for children. (Summary from the dust jacket and Maria Therese) (3 hr 4 min)
Chapters
01 - Chapter 1 | 17:18 | Read by Maria Therese |
02 - Chapter 2 | 13:45 | Read by Maria Therese |
03 - Chapter 3 | 13:55 | Read by Maria Therese |
04 - Chapter 4 | 15:42 | Read by Maria Therese |
05 - Chapter 5 | 14:35 | Read by Maria Therese |
06 - Chapter 6 | 17:44 | Read by Maria Therese |
07 - Chapter 7 | 17:33 | Read by Maria Therese |
08 - Chapter 8 | 18:07 | Read by Maria Therese |
09 - Chapter 9 | 18:25 | Read by Maria Therese |
10 - Chapter 10 | 16:50 | Read by Maria Therese |
11 - Chapter 11 | 13:45 | Read by Maria Therese |
12 - Chapter 12 | 6:54 | Read by Maria Therese |
Reviews
Rick
I am not Catholic, but I found the story of this man’s life true to the nature of our lord Jesus Christ!
Andi AndrEjewski
St Jean Vianney is one of my favorite saints, this was a delight to find and a delight to hear listen to it, it will do you good. It is well presented. St Jean Vianney - pray for us!
BinneyOB
A good view of life at the time of Napoleon and the role of the church
Amazing! Challenging!
Jonas Herum
I loved this book! Amazing story and well read.
where are we to find such priest's today?
Renee
A LibriVox Listener
Great book, lovely and humble man...
Fair reading
Melody Jennings
Although the reader mispronounced every French word, it's a good story of the great saint.
Elizabeth
The goal is to be with God at the end and receive your reward