LIFE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Author: Anne Catherine Emmerich. 384 pgs. Paperback.
Based on the mystic visions of this 18th century German Augustinian nun, it focuses first on the ancestry of the Blessed Virgin, then on her childhood and early life, next on her life with St. Joseph at Nazareth--though it does not include the Public ministry of Christ. Thereafter, the narrative picks up following the Passion and death of Our Lord. This book is filled with unusual, saintly descriptions that are not recorded in the Gospel story-descriptions that supplement and illustrate the Biblical narrative in a way that makes the actual Scripture passages truly come alive.
Based on the mystic visions of this 18th century German Augustinian nun, it focuses first on the ancestry of the Blessed Virgin, then on her childhood and early life, next on her life with St. Joseph at Nazareth--though it does not include the Public ministry of Christ. Thereafter, the narrative picks up following the Passion and death of Our Lord. This book is filled with unusual, saintly descriptions that are not recorded in the Gospel story-descriptions that supplement and illustrate the Biblical narrative in a way that makes the actual Scripture passages truly come alive.
