Each of thirteen short chapters is devoted to a prominent figure of the christian church: St. Thomas Aquinas, Blessed Thomas Kempis, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Bernard. In this anthology of writings from the fathers of the Roman Church, Coomaraswamy shows that the invocation of the Holy Name extends throughout the history of Catholicism.

Dr. Rama Coomaraswamy medical school graduate of Harvard University. After retiring from medicine, he was ordained at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, and now attempts to reconcile religion with psychiatry.