From the Library of Deacon Mike:
A book of exquisite imagery with a mystic's vision and wisdom of life, a book that has always been my favorite since I was barely a teenager and has a special place in my library (and heart) to this very day is one which, even a half a century after its first publication, still captivates young and old alike: the classic fable entitled The Little Prince by Antonine de Saint-Exupery. And although one may not think of it as theological, it is a tiny novel that has the power to draw the reader Godward.
"Six years ago," writes Antonine de Saint Exupery, "I made a forced landing in the Sahara, alone, a thousand miles from help, and faced the necessity of repairing my motor by myself within the number of days my supply of drinking water would last. The first morning, I was awakened by a gentle but determined voice which said, 'If you please, draw me a sheep.'" Thus it was that he met the Little Prince, whose strange history he learned, bit by bit, in the days that followed.
The Little Prince lived alone on a tiny planet no larger than a house. He possessed three volcanoes, two active and one extinct, although one never knows about volcanoes. He also owned a flower, unlike any flower, in all the galaxy, of great beauty and of inordinate pride. It was this pride that ruined the serenity of the Little Prince's world and started him on the interplanetary travels that brought him at last to the Earth where he learned finally, from a fox, the secret of what is really important in life.
This truly is a naively sophisticated, heartwarming tale which covers a poetic, yearning philosophy – not the sort of novel that can be neatly described in a few brief paragraphs and then put aside, but rather it is a fable with enduring reflections on what are real matters of consequence in life.
PLEASE do not think that this is a book just for children – it is meant for everyone from eight to eighty – people who are young at heart with spiritual vision - a short little fable, not even a hundred pages (even illustrated with pictures), that contains a very adult message. There are few stories which, in some degree, change the world forever for their readers: THIS IS ONE OF THEM!!!! Happy Reading!!!!
Mike
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