The Book Depository Walking with Mary by Edward Sri
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Description: Walking with Mary : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780385348058 : 0385348053 : 10 Oct 2017 : Mary appears only a few times in the Bible, but those few passages come at crucial moments. Catholics believe that Mary is the ever-virgin Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth. But she also was a human being--a woman who made a journey of faith through various trials and uncertainties and endured her share of suffering. Even with her unique graces and vocation, Mary remains a woman we can relate to and from whom we have much to learn. In Walking with Mary, Edward Sri looks at the. The Book Depository Walking with Mary by Edward Sri - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780385348058
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Author: petlin
Rating: 5
Review: First of all I should mention that this IS a Catholic book, written by a Catholic and it is based on the Catholic teaching, not only on Mary. However, as it is a "biblical journey", it follows Mary throughout the New Testament and does not go into explanations of the Catholic dogmas as proclaimed at various Councils despite quoting Pope John Paul II or Cardinal Ratzinger. Edward Sri is a biblical scholar and in his book, he shows Mary's life in wide historical context which enables him to highlite and to draw lines between parts of the Scriptures that could easily be overseen. I would recommend this book to every one who wishes to deepen their relationship to Mary, to know more about her than the Nativity story tells but also to every one who have been annoyed by or could not understand the Catholic take on her. This book is well and clearly argued, it is not a novel.
Author: Jennifer Sharpe — Catholic Author
Rating: 5
Review: I have read a few of Edward Sri's books, and they are always very accessible to the average Christian reader. This book is no exception. I'm familiar with all the doctrines surrounding Mary and their biblical support, so I was looking for a book about Mary, but not necessarily a book about scriptural support for her doctrines. This book wasn't so much about that (although that is in there) as it was about seeing Mary's humanness--the feelings she must have felt, and how she truly was depicted as a model disciple in scripture. Having come into the Church from a Protestant background, my family often says to me that Mary was "just" the person God chose to give birth to Jesus, and nothing more; and how the fact that she is only mentioned a handful of times in the Bible points to that. This book makes a decent attempt at disproving that notion--though she isn't mentioned a lot, when she is mentioned it is always at pivotal and significant times, and there is a lot of symbolism and prophecy surrounding her story. Read it! Catholic or Protestant, I think there is insight there for all of us! Respectfully, Jennifer Sharpe, author of The Mass Book for Catholic Children
