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The Life of Mary As Seen by the Mystics

Generations of devout Catholics, including many learned theologians and writers, have derived great spiritual benefits from a careful reading of the private revelations here compiled, those of Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich and Ven. Mary of Agreda, primarily, along with those of St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Elizabeth of Schoenau. From the birth of Mary to her Coronation in Heaven, this book provides the reader with remarkable insights into the life of Our Lady, and an unmatched depth of understanding of the Holy Family. What is also shown with utmost clarity is that Mary is a model of the interior life, and an example of perfect submission to the will of God. "As we read," writes Dom Prosper Gueranger, "our heart slowly takes fire, our soul feels desires for virtue which it had not hitherto experienced, the mysteries of faith appear more luminous to us, bit by bit the world and its hopes vanish, and the longing for the good things of Heaven, which seemed to have been dozing within us, awakens with new fervor."

Raphael Brown, Raphael Brown, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Mary of Agreda, James Tissot

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was an Augustinian nun, stigmatic, mystic, visionary, and ecstatic. On October 3, 2004, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Mary of Agreda (2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665) was a Franciscan nun known for writing the Mystical City of God, a lengthy account of revelations received about the earthly and heavenly life of the Blessed Virgin.

Angelico Press