Book Summary: Our Mother Who Art In Heaven

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what he writes. “The name of the virgin is Mary.” On her part she glorified God who has done great things for her and noted, “from now every generation shall call me blessed.” She gave birth to and nurtured Jesus Christ who on the cross handed her over as a mother to his mystical body the Church through the person of John. At the end of her mortal life on earth, she was assumed body and soul to heaven.
Today, we still call her blessed, because it had been ordained from the beginning of time. This book, Our Mother Who Art in Heaven, reflects on the biblical activities of the Mother of God and our Mother and also her apparitions after her assumption into heaven.
In 1585 she appeared to a young virgin girl, Bernadette and told her, “I am the …show more content…

The title “Our Mother who art in Heaven” is derived from her personal statement to the three shepherd children of Fatima. “I come from Heaven” she told them when question by Lucia, the eldest of the three Fatima visionaries on her mission and where she came from. The first chapter discusses the creation of man and how man lost his glory thereby stood in need of salvation. God had promise to redeem man so chapter two discusses the woman who was chosen by God to bring the Son of God who was to redeem the fallen world. As humanity had been condemned because of the disobedience, everybody was under the original sin. For one to bring the Son of God she had to be specially prepared so chapter three treats the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. In chapter four I discuss the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Many non-Catholics hold the concept that Mary had other children after the birth of Christ and as such could not be said to be ever-virgin. Chapter five discusses Mary as the new Eve, the Mother of the new people of God. The Old Eve like the first Adam disobeyed God but Mary the new Eve obeyed God and that led to the birth of the new people of God. At the annunciation, the angel in addition to telling Mary that she was going to be the Mother of the Messiah also told her that her cousin Elizabeth …show more content…

How I wish more people will continue to write and encourage devotion to the Blessed Mother and give her the honor she

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