If you desire to meet the saints we admire and honour , to walk with them and converse with them, this book is for you . It presents you with vivid portraits of the lives and ministry of the saints and the blessed who , like any of us , breathed the air of our land and drank its water, but unlike us, with incredible heroism did great things for god and his people . Their lives and sacrifices cannot but touch our hearts and prod us on to goodness and greatness . Their commitment inspires us and their examle challenges us .