Paperback: Père Lamy 1855-1931 (1936) by Comte Paul Biver is translated from the French by Monsignor John O'Connor in 1973.
The author Comte Paul Biver was a very close friend of Père Lamy, Apostle and Mystic. He conducted numerous informal interviews of Père Lamy in his house not long before his death in 1931 (in fact, Père Lamy died in the house of the author on 1 December 1931).
These interviews are contained in this extraordinary saintly biography full of spiritual inspiration. Concerning Père Lamy, his bishop said: “I have in my diocese another Curé of Ars.”
This holy priest had visions of the past and of the future, of Our Lord, the Blessed Mother, St Joseph, the Angels and even Lucifer. He founded the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary, built a Chapel to our Lady of the Woodlands, cared for countless wounded soldiers and sick people during World War I, was called the Priest of the “ragpickers” and hooligans for having directed a Youth Movement and cared for countless street boys in Troyes and La Courneuve.
Père Lamy was a Parish Priest for over 30 years. The many accomplishments of his life are an amazing proof to us of what one priest can do. Profound and enlightening are his statements on religious subjects. He said the Rosary almost continually, slept but one or two hours a night, could smell sin even through a penitent's perfume, conversed regularly with his guardian angel, effected miracles and made prophecies.
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