unspeakable, The
a novel
Charles Laird Calia
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a novel
By Charles Laird Calia
Two priests, bound by their shared past at seminary, find themselves on opposite sides of an extraordinary investigation that will test everything they believe about faith, friendship, and divine intervention.
Peter Whitmore serves as an administrator for the Archdiocese of St. Paul when he receives an unusual assignment: investigate claims that a fellow priest possesses the ability to heal others. The priest in question turns out to be Jim Marbury, once Whitmore's spiritual mentor and close friend, whom he hasn't encountered in over two decades.
The years have transformed Marbury in ways Whitmore never could have anticipated. Now mute and communicating only through sign language, Marbury claims his voice was taken by God during a mysterious journey through western Pennsylvania. During that same trip, he reportedly witnessed a devastating car accident in an unverifiable snowstorm, an encounter with a family that forever altered the trajectory of his spiritual path.
As Whitmore delves deeper into his investigation, he discovers that his old friend now inhabits a reality where past events seem to replay themselves with different outcomes. The administrator must grapple with profound questions about the nature of divine intervention versus psychological breakdown. Is Marbury experiencing genuine spiritual phenomena, or has he descended into religious delusion?
This compelling exploration of faith under pressure examines how two men of God navigate the complex terrain between belief and doubt, between loyalty to friendship and duty to the Church, ultimately asking what happens when the unspeakable becomes undeniably real.
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore Priests
- ✓ Explore Mute persons
- ✓ Explore Catholic church, clergy, fiction
- ✓ Explore paths to emotional healing
- ✓ Explore Catholic Church
- ✓ Explore Deaf
- ✓ Explore Fiction, religious
- ✓ Explore Clergy
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Details
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co.
- ISBN-10
- 0688151191
- Pages
- 214
- Language
- EN
- LC Classification
- PS3553.A39867 U5 1998
