Father Frederick William Faber was a beloved spiritual writer, preacher,
and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. An Oxford
scholar and Anglican priest since 1839, Faber converted to Roman
Catholicism in 1845 following his mentor John Henry (later Cardinal)
Newman. During the 1850s, Father Faber published several popular
spiritual books, which have been treasured by Catholics ever since: All
for Jesus, Growth in Holiness, The Blessed Sacrament, The Creator and
the Creature, The Foot of the Cross, Spiritual Conferences, The Precious
Blood, and Bethlehem. The present work, Kindness, which bears an
imprimatur, is taken in part from Spiritual Conferences, which was
published in 1859. (Introduction by Librivox reader = dave7)
