Download or read book A Year with Mary written by Paul Thigpen, Ph.D. and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Of Mary, there is never enough!” Books about the Blessed Virgin abound, yet the words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux still ring true: “Of Mary, there is never enough!” She is a mystery that faithful Christians seek to understand more fully, an ocean “full of grace” still awaiting deeper exploration. In A Year with Mary: Daily Meditations on the Mother of God, best-selling Catholic author Paul Thigpen sets sail on that ocean, using as his map the profound insights of saints and other spiritual writers. These 365 reflections, drawn from their writings, reveal Mary’s role in God’s plan, the virtues she so perfectly models, and the rich benefits of Marian devotion. Premium Ultrasoft with two-tone sewn binding, ribbon marker and gold edges.
Download or read book Meditations on Mary written by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual meditation is the surest way to grow in holiness, and Our Lady is truly an example of perfection. This combination makes Meditations on Mary a spiritual powerhouse that will lift your soul to God and help you along the path to heaven. Meditations on Mary features twenty-four of the most powerful and moving meditations written by 17th Century Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet —considered to be one of the best homilists in the history of the Church. Author of Meditations for Lent and Meditations for Advent, Bishop Bossuet has been admired for his piety and eloquence for over three hundred years. Now his meditations on Our Lady are available to you in English — for the very first time! Although we know Our Lady serves as a perfect example of how a Christian should live and bear witness to Our Lord, Scripture contains only a few glimpses of her life, leaving our knowledge limited and our imagination wanting. In these pages, Bishop Bossuet takes you on a stunning pilgrimage through the principal mysteries of Our Lady’s life. He masterfully blends what he’s learned from Sacred Scripture with the spiritual traditions rooted in the heart of the Church, and illuminates it with his own theological reflections. He’ll bring you to a deeper understanding of Our Lady's compassion, her suffering during Christ’s Passion, and the loneliness she felt after his Ascension to heaven. Bishop Bossuet will show you how Jesus brings honor to himself by honoring his mother, and how Our Lady is extraordinary solely because of her alliance with Jesus. Mary teaches us how to let God direct our steps, how to remain humble in commanding and obeying, and how to seek holiness through our daily work. She shows us how to pray with humility and perseverance, to advance in perfection, and, by doing all these things, to conform ourselves to the holy will of God. Each short meditation is worthy of your contemplation, because each contains a lesson directly from the Blessed Mother to sinners like you and me.
Download or read book Meditations on Mary Our Mother written by John Henry Newman and published by Tan Books. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Catholics who know anything at all about Newman are familiar with his journey from Anglicanism to Rome. What may surprise them is the key role that devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary played in that conversion. Apart from the Papacy, devotion to Mary is perhaps the greatest stumbling block for the majority of Protestants. Yet, Newman had already developed a devotion to Mary and a defense of some Catholic doctrines on the subject even while he was still a Protestant. Newman's journey to the Church can said to have been guided by Our Lady, toward the kindly light which he was to rest in. In honor of his canonization, this volume draws together Newman's Marian writings into an anthology of this new saint's profound writings on our Lady. Some are doctrinal or apologetic while others are deeply devotional meditations. These two approaches, not only show two sides of Saint John Henry Newman's character they will increase your own love and devotion to Our Lady. They illuminate the great depths of Marian doctrine from the Church's treasury with which Newman has so powerfully permeated his own pages, and cause us to go to her for aid.
Download or read book Meditations on Mary written by Kathleen Norris and published by Viking Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book utilizes both text and image to describe the manifold faces of the virgin mother of God. These meditative essays are joined by the biographical details of Mary's existence, narrated in the Gospels of the King James version of the Bible and accompanied by a series of paintings produced by the preeminent artists of the Western tradition.
Download or read book Come Lord Jesus written by Mother Mary Francis and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Advent reflections by the abbess of a Poor Clare monastery and accomplished spiritual writer focus our attention on the coming of Jesus into our lives. There is a double movement to this coming: our active preparation to be ready for him, on one hand, and our patient waiting for the Lord to arrive in his own good time, on the other. There is an art to this simultaneous preparing and waiting, and who knows better than the late and beloved Mother Mary Francis how to encourage us in our attempts to master this art. The joyful yet challenging teaching that we have come to expect from Mother Mary Francis is on display in these Advent conferences written for her spiritual daughters at the Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Meditating on passages from Scripture about the coming of the Messiah into both our world and our hearts, Mother challenges us to persevere in overcoming our faults, while keeping our eyes on the Lord who has called us to himself, for it is he who, through the gifts of his grace, will complete in us the work of sanctification which he has begun. Although written for Advent, the wisdom of Mother Mary Francis collected by her sisters for this volume is profitable at any time, because a Christian life is one of constant growth into the very likeness of God.
Download or read book Meditation Prayer on Mary Immaculate written by Padre Pio and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Meditation Prayer on Mary Immaculate is one of Padre Pio’s few published writings, penned before he was forbidden by the Church to publish or to engage in correspondence—this for fear a cult would arise around him. Here we encounter a profound spiritual penetration into the mystery of Mary’s unique and sublime role in our salvation. Though brief, it can be read over and over with great benefit since it is-–just as the title suggests—both a meditation and a prayer on the meaning of Mary. This booklet also contains a brief sketch of Padre Pio’s life and numerous edifying pictures of this saintly stigmatist.
Download or read book Learning to Trust from Mary written by Fr. John Riccardo and published by The Word Among Us Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “She had to learn to trust...” How often do we think of Mary’s trust in the Lord? How often do we imagine what it must’ve been like for her as she accepted the Lord’s invitation to become the mother of Our Savior, as she watched Him grow from child to man, and witnessed the power of His adult ministry ending in His Death and Resurrection? What must have trust been like for her? And how can we live as she did? The Rosary can guide us to this same trust of what Mary herself learned: that when we place everything we have in the hands of the Lord, He will guide us.
Download or read book Crown of the Virgin written by Robert Nixon and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative and lyrical set of meditations on the splendor, beauty, and sanctity of the Immaculate Mother of God.
Download or read book Cause of Our Joy written by Mary Francis and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These meditations on Mary are filled with wisdom and hope. On ordinary days, on Marian holy days, and in times of spiritual and moral challenges, they offer the strength and the consolation that come from a relationship with the Mother of Jesus. Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., a contemplative Poor Clare nun and an acclaimed spiritual writer, wrote with an intimate familiarity of the Mother of God. To her Mary was real, lovable, and accessible, and her words help the reader to discover that walking with Our Lady day by day is the cause of our unending joy. The book includes reflections for the feasts and solemnities of Mary throughout the year. It incorporates the most cherished Marian prayers of the Church, such as the Rosary, the Litany of Loreto, and the Magnificat. Also included are some of the author's poems and a moving tribute to her life and Marian devotion in the form of a foreword written by her Poor Clare spiritual daughters.
Download or read book The Reed of God written by Caryll Houselander and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reed of God is an inspirational classic written by a British Roman Catholic ecclesiastical artist, Caryll Houselander. This book contains a beautiful meditation on Mary, Mother of God and so much more. Reading this book will bring you closer to Our Blessed Mother, and hence, to Christ Himself. Filled with lyrical prose and touching analogies, the author shows how Mary was the "Reed of God" and that we are all vessels waiting to do God's work, and carrying Christ within us.
Download or read book A Month with Mary written by Ruotolo Dolindo and published by Academy of the Immaculate. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little book, A Month with Mary, also originated from an act of charity of Father Dolindo. Father Dolindo wrote A Month with Mary on pocket-sized pages joined into small fascicles of 8 to 12 pages. He sent them to Laura de Rosis every two to three days and later transcribed them with some modifications in volume III of his Autobiography: The Story of My Life in the Plan of the Great Mercy of God, pp. 1140 ff (cf. Epistolario 1:212n, 218n).This work is from 1912: one of those years which passed in the life of Father Dolindo with the cadence of a "Way of the Cross" ... But he, serene as ever, loved Christ the more, loved Our Lady the more and reflected this love in these few pages to which he wished to give the significant title: A Profound Reform of Heart in the School of Mary.These meditations are written in the style of the Imitation of Christ.Meditations for just one soul!
Download or read book Mystical Mother Mary written by Cindy Paulos and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Mary is calling out to the world. Listen and hear her call. This book guides you to ways you can have a direct connection to the Holy Spirit and the Divine Mother. There messages, meditations and Prayers from the Mother that the you will be able to use as a resource for a lifetime. Whether you read this book straight through, or open it up randomly for a "message," no doubt you will be guided to a Higher Consciousness heretofore not experienced. You will be well on your way to uncovering your soul's purpose, and therefore to living a prosperous, contented life. I envy anyone who opens up this book and enters into their journey of self-discovery and growth...it's a brand-new world.
Download or read book The Rosary written by Benedict C.F.R. Groeschel and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the Pope's Apostolic Letter on the Rosary, his five new "Luminous Mysteries", and declaration of 2003 as "The Year of the Rosary", Fr. Groeschel presents this book of meditations on all 20 mysteries of the rosary. Drawing on his vast personal experiences as well as the grand traditions of the Church, he takes us on a spiritual journey that will inspire us to greater depths of prayer. This special book includes: The Pope's Letter on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, and lavishly illustrated with 20 classic color paintings.
Download or read book Novena Meditations to Our Mother of Perpetual Help written by David Werthmann and published by . This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary is honored under many titles and in many images, but perhaps none is as famous and beloved around the world as the beautiful icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. There is rich symbolism in each element. Have you ever looked closely at the face of Mary, her hands, or the hands of the child Jesus? This unique set of novena prayers considers nine different aspects found within this portrait of the Madonna and Child as it offers a guided meditation with prayers for each of the nine elements. Novena Meditations to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a beautiful deluxe pamphlet with full-color illustrations that will help you understand and appreciate the beloved icon as it deepens your devotion to Mary, Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Deluxe pamphlet
Download or read book ROSARY MEDITATIONS FROM MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Worthy of All Praise written by David Smith and published by Ancient Faith Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sung from the first to the fifteenth of August, and at times of illness and distress, the "Paraklesis is a supplicatory song, a canon of praise, a collection of eight odes of love, a series of poems celebrating with honor the mother of Jesus our Lord." Father David Smith shares his own personal meditations on Mary, based on his reflections on the Paraklesis service.
Download or read book Pocket Guide to the Rosary written by Matt Fradd and published by Ascension Press. This book was released on with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pocket Guide to the Rosary helps Catholics deepen their prayer life and improve their ability to pray what St. Padre Pio called the weapon of our times. The Rosary. Drawing from the writings of the saints, the Bible, and Catholic tradition, Matt Fradd has produced a book that every Catholic should read. Its small size makes it easy to carry to adoration, keep around for family Rosary night, or hand out at your parish. Catholics who find it difficult to enter into the mysteries of the Rosary, or who need some encouragement and inspiration to pray this essential Catholic prayer, will deeply appreciate this small but powerful book. In this essential book, Matt Fradd explains: ● How to truly meditate on the mysteries on the Rosary. ● Major saints methods to pray the Rosary. Carefully chosen biblical passages to reflect on for each mystery. Here's how it works: 1. Overview of each mystery, with biblical quotes to help you establish context and focus your mind 2. Insight on each mystery from the writings of the saints and Church Fathers 3. Personal applications for each mystery, so you can further apply these mysteries to your own life and invite God to be a part of it
