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In Search of Mary: The Woman and the Symbol
by Sally Cunneen, Joanne Wyckoff (Editor)
Mary is more alive today than she was in the early Christian church, surfacing in art and worship in almost every culture on earth. Her appeal bridges the gap between the devotional and the secular, the uneducated and the sophisticated. But who is Mary and what exactly does she symbolize? How did a humble Jewish girl become the most honored woman in human history? Why is there so little about Mary in the Bible and so much about her in the art and history of Christianity, East and West? And why, in an age dominated by science and technology, does devotion to Mary persist?
In Search of Mary is Sally Cunneen's provocative response to these questions. As Cunneen eloquently points out, in order to see Mary whole, it is important to look at all the different visions and versions of her, revisiting history through the eyes of a present day searcher. Including the latest findings by historians, anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as art historians and religious scholars, In Search of Mary reveals what we know about the life of Mary, follows the history and development of her image over the last two thousand years, and explores the different ways that Mary has transformed the lives of people today.
As we struggle for greater unity in a divided world, In Search of Mary shows us a woman who can touch all people, regardless of their backgrounds. She is a profound reminder of the presence of the holy in ordinary life.
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The Visions of the Children: The Apparitions
of the Blessed Mother at Medjugorje
by Janice T. Connell, Robert Faricy (Introduction)
From Publishers Weekly
In June 1981, six teenagers in the village of Medjugorje, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzogovina), claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom they say has continued to appear to them over the ensuing 10 years. This compilation of Connell's interviews with the six shows them standing up admirably to the scrutiny of church officials, as well as to the intense tourism that news of the apparitions generated in the area. Two of the women, now married with children, have less frequent visitations; the others continue to encounter Mary, and her message to them is consistent: God is present in the world and in people's lives, and we must repent to bring about peace. Connell, who gave up a Pennsylvania law practice to become the visionaries' spokesperson, argues that the Medjugorje phenomenon falls within the tradition of 20th-century Mariology--the study of and devotion to the mother of Jesus--although private revelations are not included in official church doctrine. She sounds a poignant note when reflecting that the village survived communism only to be threatened now by the Yugoslavian civil war. Photos not seen by PW .
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
The classic account of the appearances of the Blessed Mother at Medjugorje--now updated for the millenium
Like Lourdes and Fatima before it, Medjugorje has become a holy site for worshippers around the world, a place that will be remembered long after the twentieth century recedes into history.
In this edition, Janice Connell presents a new intruduction that places Medjugorje in the context of the millennium and suggests that the Blessed Mother's final appearance on Earth may indeed be at this small mountain village. The author tells what has happened to the six apparitioners since the book was first published, and the Blessed Mother's monthly messages have been updated through 1997. There is also a new list of Marian Centers across the nation.
The Visions of the Children features exclusive conversations with the six apparitioners who have been receiving, for more than fifteen years, visions and messages of the Virgin Mary, including extraordinary secrets about the final chapter in the history of the world. This book not only tells of the need for love and spiritual awakening, but casts a powerful perspective on the wholescale devastation in Bosnia during the last few years.
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Queen of Angels: Mary's Answers to Universal Questions
by Janice J. Connell
About the Author
Janice T. Connell acts as a consultant to clearinghouses for Marian information throughout the world. She is the host of a nationally syndicated radio program called "The Power of Love" and the founder of the Pittsburgh Center for Peace (a Marian organization) and the international Queen of Peace newsletter. Connell is also a practicing attorney in ethics and international law. She lives in Florida.
Product Description:
From the bestselling author of Meetings with Mary and Angel Power comes a collection of Mary's most profound and comforting messages.
In times of need, people turn to spirituality and religion for comfort--and in our tumultuous world, Mother Mary is one of the most popular objects of devotion, beloved by Catholics, many feminists, and New Age disciples everywhere. Marian conferences held throughout the year attract thousands of Mary's devoted followers, and her popularity will only increase as the millennium approaches--Pope John Paul II has officially declared 2000 the Year of Mary.
In Queen of Angels, Janice T. Connell, the foremost authority on the subject of Marian apparitions, presents a collection of Mary's messages of hope, love, and encouragement. Communicated during Mary's frequent visits to her faithful believers, these messages address common human challenges and are accompanied by prayers and meditations to assist us on our spiritual journeys. Graceful, timely, and compassionate, Mary's words will help readers overcome their difficulties and open our hearts to the remarkable power of God's love.
Meetings With Mary : Visions of the Blessed Mother
by Janice T. Connell, Janice T. Conell, Robert Faricy List
Product Description:
Through the centuries and across the world, the Virgin Mary has appeared to ordinary people of every race and culture, from scholars to illiterates, from the devout to the unbelieving, from young children to the dying. In this exquisite and inspiring volume, Janice T. Connell chronicles authenticated Marian apparitions and messages Mary has brought from God--as mother, comforter, Queen of Angels, and Prophet of the Apocalypse.
Drawn from scripture, legend, and never-before-published eyewitness accounts, these are personal stories--the author's own, and her interviews with other visionaries--filled with beauty, wonder, and joy. Meetings with Mary ranges from Elijah's vision of Mary eight hundred years before her birth to the world-famous children of Medjugorje in Bosnia, whose encounters with her began in 1981 and continue daily. Here also are lesser-known, deeply touching encounters with the Mother, from an office worker in Holland to a Japanese nun, from a Jewish banker in Rome to an awestruck crowd of visionaries, few of them Christians or of any other faith, in Egypt.
Meetings with Mary asks also: as the millennium draws near, shadowed by disasters, disease, and brutal civil warfare, are Mary's frequent appearances a signal to the faithful? Perhaps she is calling us all to join her now on a voyage toward the eternal shores of peace, joy, and abiding love. . . .
"[Connell is] passionate about prayer and sharing her love of Jesus'
mother. . . . She has a way of simplifying complex theology."
--Rocky Mountain News
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Mother Mary's Teachings For The New World
by Ileah Van Hubbard, Ileah Van Hubbard
About the Author
Ileah Van Hubbard has given her life over to Mother Mary's guidance and direction. In May of 1996, Ileah traveled to Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Mother Mary's direction, leading large events to anchor Her light and love into the people. Following the popularity of these events, based on the hunger of the people for Mary's teachings and the fact that there is no book which covers this material, Mary requested that this book be brought forth, via her channeled message.
During her European tour, Ileah stopped in Ibiza, an island off the coast of Spain, and was given a two-week stay at a hotel which turned out to be one block away from an 8th Century basilica dedicated to Santa Maria de las Nieves. Each morning, Ileah would sit in the church and record Mary's message for the day, as well as responses to questions that were being asked. All the material for this book was recorded during that period. The photo on the cover of this book is the front altar of the basilica of Santa Maria de las Nieves.
In Mother Mary's Teachings for the New World, a series of messages and responses to questions about spiritual life and everyday living, Mother Mary speaks to us through Ileah Van Hubbard's channeled words.
Mother Mary speaks to us in simple words and phrases so that her teachings can be understood by anyone, of any religion. Her teachings center around the importance of each individual having his or her own inner connection with God. This transcends organized religion. There is no dogma in Mary's teachings, just a simple step-by-step process of "how to" find and feel this connection. Mary's spiritual teachings are not meant as a separate part of life, but are to be used in conjunction with everyday living - in business, in the home, with relationships, in dealing with difficult situations and communications.
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Alone of All Her Sex : Myth and Cult of Virgin Mary by Marina Warner
Shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances and why for all their beauty and power,the legends of Mary have condemned real women to perpetualinferiority. Alone Of All Her Sex:Guideline to Goddess-inspired fiction. I have found this book to be an invaluable source of nearly-forgotten Marian myths, incredibly useful to anyone writing Goddess-oriented fiction.The tales of the power of Mary's milk--unheard of in ProtestantChristianity--are worth the price of the volume. If one thinks that we have only recently accepted the fullness of the feminine in Christianity,this book--especially the later sections on medieval myth--will come both as a blessing and a surprise....
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Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture
by Jaroslav Pelikan
Amazon.com
A sequel to Jesus Through the Centuries, this scholarly study of Christ's mother Mary by Jaroslav Pelikan, a Yale historian of Christian theology, is thoroughly grounded in formal theology yet still explores the many manifestations of Marian devotion that have emerged in the wider culture. These manifestations include images from art, music, and literature, from Mary's Immaculate Conception to her bodily Assumption into Heaven. Pelikan minutely researches the universal appeal of Mary in the Old Testament, New Testament, and even the Koran, finding clues to her identity everywhere from the Bride in the Song of Solomon to the Mexican image of The Virgin of Guadeloupe.
Product Description:
Jaroslav Pelikan, world-renowned historian and author of the best-selling Jesus Through the Centuries and many other books, examines all of Christian history and culture to create the most complete portrait of the Virgin Mary ever written. Pelikan assesses the ways Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims, artists, musicians, and writers, and men and women everywhere have depicted, venerated, and been inspired by Mary, a symbol of hope and solace for all generations.
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Mother Mary Speaks to Us
by Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger (Contributor)
From Publishers Weekly
Sherry Steiger has always felt Mary was vitally important and sustaining to her. As a child, she says, she experienced two visitations of Mary. The Steigers (Angels Over Their Shoulders, Fawcett Columbine, 1995) intersperse what might be considered unorthodox visitations of Mary, like the Mary who talks about reincarnation, with traditional sightings of Mary, like those at Fatima. Some of the more unusual visitations of Mary presented here?psychics, witches, channelers invoking Mary as a spirit guide; Mother Mary and Egyptian goddess Isis as one; speculation on the secret third prophecy of Fatima's Mary?would not be out of place as headlines in supermarket tabloids. While this book will clearly appeal to readers of New Age spirituality, it is may offend some Roman Catholic readers with its sensational speculation about the Holy Mother. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
This wonderful, inspiring book reveals the miracles and experiences in which ordinary people have seen, spoken with, and been healed by the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as containing interviews with theologians, mystics, and psychologists on the subject. MOTHER MARY SPEAKS TO US is a testament to Her divine revelations, as we receive Her message of peace, love, and guidance for the world today.
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Mary, Queen of Heaven by Peg Streep
Peg Streep was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, where she earned degrees in English literature. Among the numerous books she has written and edited in the field of women's studies and spirituality are Sanctuaries of the Goddess, Cowgirl Rising, Spiritual Illuminations, and An Awakening Spirit.
Product Description:
Though she is mentioned less than 20 times in the New Testament, Mary--mother of Jesus and queen of the saints--has become a universal symbol of feminine wisdom and succor. An elegant and eclectic celebration brings together classic images of Mary, tributes to her by the great writers, and true-life stories of her miracles and visitations. Here you will find 24 full-color paintings by artists such as Caravaggio, El Greco, and Botticelli, as well as verse and prose by Dante Gabriel Rosetti ("Mary's Girlhood"), Thomas Merton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Percy Shelly, and Oscar Wilde. There are also accounts of Mary sightings both famous (Guadalupe, Fatima) and obscure; listings of Black Madonnas and other Mary shrines and relics; and key passages from scripture and the Apocrypha.
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