Mary the Mother of Jesus
After a three year hiatus; my last posting was in December 2009, my wife prompted me to reactivate my blog. Though I hadn't made any blog entries during this period, I have been sending weekly e-mails to 34 people in my "Family & Friends" address book. Therefore, I decided that I'd review those e-mails and along with other entries, include those which are not too dated. The following e-mail, titled "Mary the Mother of Jesus", I sent on friday, January 1st, 2010.
On January 1st, the feast of "The Blessed Virgin Mary mother of God" as I was reading the book "Mary the Mother of Jesus" by Franz Michel william, published in German in 1939 under the title "Das Leben Marias, der Mutter Jesu" and translated into English, a thought crossed my mind. (The copy I'm reading is the second US printing in 2004 by Scepter Press.) Though I'm now 70 years old, I only began to fall in love with Mary, the Blessed Viegin, within the past twenty years. Many people find that Mary leads them to Jesus. In my case I had a different spiritual growth pattern. As I began to fall in love with Jesus and His Church my love for Mary grew and as my love for Mary grew my love of God grew 9the three individual Persons in the Blessed Trinity, and simultaneously, my love for my fellow human beings grew. It appears to be a spiraling upward movement.
Genetically, there is no human being who ever lived who is closer to Jesus than Mary. Actually, since Jesus had no human father, it is reasonable to conclude that both He and Mary have the same DNA. Isn't that phenominal?
I do not know anything about the author(Mr William) of the book that I'm reading, but when I read that than Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, refers to Franz Michel William along with Karl Adam, Romano Guardini, Giovanni Papini and Henri Daniel-Rops in the forward of his recently released book "Jesus of Nazareth" as writing inspiring books about Jesus (p.XI), I felt comfortable reading the suject book.
The back cover of the book states: "Mary the Mother of Jesus----Palestine had been at the crossroads of cultural conflict and influence for centuries when it gave birth to the new religion Christianity. Although many books describe the events of the Incarnation, Life and Death of Jesus Christ, few attempt to provide a deeper background into the culture and mentality of those who lived as Christ began his mission on earth.
In this reprint, Franz William explores the spiritual and cultural roots of Christianity at its beginnings. He thus illuminates the events that took place in the life of Jesus and his parentsso that modern readers can appreciate the lessons of ordinary struggle that those first believers practiced."
Though I just began reading this small print 250+ page book, it promises to be a book I'll find worth my time--both educationally and spiritually.
Once again, I hope and pray that 2010 is a great year as you progress toward your destiny.
And today January 2013, I add: The book exceeded my expectations, expanding my appreciation and love for Jesus and Mary. I enjoyed the book so much that after I had finished reading it, I gave the book to my sister Mary.
On January 1st, the feast of "The Blessed Virgin Mary mother of God" as I was reading the book "Mary the Mother of Jesus" by Franz Michel william, published in German in 1939 under the title "Das Leben Marias, der Mutter Jesu" and translated into English, a thought crossed my mind. (The copy I'm reading is the second US printing in 2004 by Scepter Press.) Though I'm now 70 years old, I only began to fall in love with Mary, the Blessed Viegin, within the past twenty years. Many people find that Mary leads them to Jesus. In my case I had a different spiritual growth pattern. As I began to fall in love with Jesus and His Church my love for Mary grew and as my love for Mary grew my love of God grew 9the three individual Persons in the Blessed Trinity, and simultaneously, my love for my fellow human beings grew. It appears to be a spiraling upward movement.
Genetically, there is no human being who ever lived who is closer to Jesus than Mary. Actually, since Jesus had no human father, it is reasonable to conclude that both He and Mary have the same DNA. Isn't that phenominal?
I do not know anything about the author(Mr William) of the book that I'm reading, but when I read that than Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, refers to Franz Michel William along with Karl Adam, Romano Guardini, Giovanni Papini and Henri Daniel-Rops in the forward of his recently released book "Jesus of Nazareth" as writing inspiring books about Jesus (p.XI), I felt comfortable reading the suject book.
The back cover of the book states: "Mary the Mother of Jesus----Palestine had been at the crossroads of cultural conflict and influence for centuries when it gave birth to the new religion Christianity. Although many books describe the events of the Incarnation, Life and Death of Jesus Christ, few attempt to provide a deeper background into the culture and mentality of those who lived as Christ began his mission on earth.
In this reprint, Franz William explores the spiritual and cultural roots of Christianity at its beginnings. He thus illuminates the events that took place in the life of Jesus and his parentsso that modern readers can appreciate the lessons of ordinary struggle that those first believers practiced."
Though I just began reading this small print 250+ page book, it promises to be a book I'll find worth my time--both educationally and spiritually.
Once again, I hope and pray that 2010 is a great year as you progress toward your destiny.
And today January 2013, I add: The book exceeded my expectations, expanding my appreciation and love for Jesus and Mary. I enjoyed the book so much that after I had finished reading it, I gave the book to my sister Mary.
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