Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Paperback)

by Anne Catherine Emmerich

Overview

Translation of Leben der Heil Jungfrau Maria, originally published in 1852.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849028585
Publisher:	Benediction Books
Publication date:	01/18/2010
Pages:	378
Sales rank:	301,975
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Translator's Note     x
Extract from the Preface to the German Edition     xi
Observations on the Supplementary Notes     xiv
Our Lady's Ancestors     1
The Ancestors of St. Anne     4
St. Anne and St. Joachim     21
The Conception of the Blessed Virgin     45
Vision of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception     64
Note by the Writer     74
More About the Immaculate Conception: The Birth of Our Lady     77
Purification of St. Anne     91
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple     92
Her departure for the Temple     99
Arrival in Jerusalem     110
Mary's entry into the Temple and Presentation     116
The Early Life of St. Joseph     127
A Son is Promised to Zacharias     134
Marriage of the Blessed Virgin to Joseph     137
The Wedding     141
Our Lady's Wedding-ring     145
From Mary's return home to the Annunciation     147
The Annunciation     149
The Visitation     156
Advent     177
The Birth of our Lord     208
The Circumcision     229
The Journey of the Three Holy Kings to Bethlehem     236
The Purification     305
Candlemas     317
The Flight Into Egypt and St. John the Baptist in the Desert     319
The Massacre of the Innocents     344
The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt     369
The Death of the Blessed Virgin at Ephesus     373
The Burial and Assumption of Our Lady     405