Mary's Way: The Power of Entrusting Your Child to God

by Judy Landrieu Klein, Lisa M. Hendey (Foreword by)

Overview

How do you walk with your children during times of struggle and crisis? Do you feel as if nothing you do will be enough?

In Mary's Way, a heartfelt book for moms who struggle to guide children through the various stages of their lives, Catholic speaker and teacher Judy Landrieu Klein shows how her own crisis of faith helped her release her children to the care of the Blessed Mother. In doing so, Klein shows you how to find the love, joy, and peace of Our Lord as you surrender your will to him.

Judy Landrieu Klein struggled with her faith as she lived through her son’s near-fatal addiction to drugs and her daughter’s painful anxiety. She discovered she couldn’t handle the relentless pressure of life not measuring up to her expectations and it was eating away at her family.

Klein considered Mary’s reaction to the events in the life of Jesus. She meditated on Mary’s fiat and her prayer of total surrender to God’s will and saw how this act of obedience carried on throughout Mary’s life as she witnessed the life of her son. As Klein focused on her devotion to the Blessed Mother, her life and faith were transformed.

In Mary’s Way, Klein reflects on the Annunciation and describes her own to struggle to embrace the will of God by surrendering control of her family planning. She meditates on Mary’s powerlessness during the Crucifixion, finding a place of calming surrender during her own son’s escalating battle with addiction.

Klein shows how you can become a more powerful intercessor for yourself and your children. When you finish reading this book, you’ll find yourself turning to Mary and surrendering yourself and your children more fully to God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594716690
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	08/29/2016
Series:	CatholicMom.com Book
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Judy Landrieu Klein is a Catholic author, speaker, theologian, counselor, and founder of Memorare Ministries. She works with her husband, Mark Gelis, at My Father’s House Counseling Services. Klein received a master’s degree in theological studies from the University of Dallas in 2000 and conducted post-graduate doctoral studies in bioethics at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athanaeum in Rome. Certified as a temperament counselor by the National Christian Counselors Association, Klein is earned her doctorate in clinical Christian counseling in 2018. She served as an adjunct professor of theology at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans for seven years.

Klein’s books include Mary’s Way, Living Water, Sez Who, and Miracle Man. She has written for Catholic Digest and blogs at CatholicMom.com and Aleteia. She served as cohost of Radio Maria’s Apologetics Live program for more than four years. Additionally, she has appeared on EWTN’s Women of Grace and Focus Worldwide Television’s Focus. Klein has been the featured speaker at many faith-based events, including Magnificat Women’s Breakfasts, Legatus dinners, and Theology on Tap meetings.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lisa M. Hendey ix

Introduction Saving Motherhood 1

Chapter 1 The Annunciation: The Yes of Surrender 15

Chapter 2 The Visitation: The Power of Godly Friends 31

Chapter 3 The Birth of Jesus: Embracing Our Poverties and Our Children's Imperfections 47

Chapter 4 The Presentation: The Prevailing Power of the Dedication 65

Chapter 5 The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple: Losing Jesus, Finding Our Way 81

Chapter 6 The Crucifixion: When Death is at the Door 99

Chapter 7 The Resurrection: How God Makes Things New 121

Acknowledgments 141

Notes 143

Editorial Reviews

"In Mary's Way, you'll discover Judy Klein's powerful story. If you're not careful, you'll find yourself staying up late to read it, getting invested in the lessons she shares, and adjusting your viewpoint on many things. Klein is a companion who every mom will want on their own journey." —Sarah Reinhard, Catholic writer, blogger, and editor of Word By Word

"In Mary's Way, Judy Landrieu Klein takes us on her spiritual journey through her adult years as wife and mother. Her stories invite us into a deeper relationship with the Lord and the Blessed Mother, encouraging us to 'yield to God and say yes to him in whatever life brings.' Klein's 'yes' to God, modeled after the Blessed Virgin Mary's fiat, can be our 'yes,' too." —Maria Morera Johnson, Author of My Badass Book of Saints

"Through vivid personal stories of suffering and joy, Judy shares her own mother's heart, and how she came to know the most blessed of all mothers, Mary. Mary's Way is about both—the power of our own maternal prayers, and Mary's motherly interceding for us." —Pat Gohn, Author of Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious

"With poignant and relatable storytelling, Judy invites us into the intimacy of her profound sorrows as a wife, mother, sister, and daughter in the hopes that the lessons of faith she learned will benefit us in our own struggles. If you're a mother or grandmother, you need Mary's Way." —Kitty Cleveland, Catholic author, speaker, and musician

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