Handmaid of the Lord
[1] 书籍信息
Adrienne von Speyr, Handmaid of the Lord, Ignatius Press, 2017.
[2] 作者简介
Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967) was a Swiss medical doctor, convert to Catholicism, a mystic, wife and author of over 60 books on spirituality and theology. She collaborated closely with the world renowned theologian Hans Urs Von Balthasar, her confessor for 27 years, and they co-founded the Community of Saint John. Her numerous writings, published by Ignatius Press, are recognized by leading theologians and writers as a major contribution to the mystical and spiritual writings of the Church. Among her most important works are Book of All Saints, Confession, The World of Prayer, Handmaid of the Lord, and The Passion from Within.
[3] 内容简介
In this profound book on the mystery of Mary, Adrienne von Speyr reflects on the life, attitude, and prayer of the Mother of God. She shows how Mary’s assent to God’s will―her Fiat: “Let it be done to me according to thy word”―is what defines and sanctifies every aspect of her life. She gives new insights into Mary’s holiness, suffering, prayer, and role of spiritual motherhood for all mankind.
Handmaid of the Lord is not a biography detailing the daily life of the Mother of Jesus, filled with the sights and the sounds found in the holy imagination of a saintly visionary. Rather, it responds to our desire to know Mary in a penetrating and personal way, opening us to the mystery of her inner life, which can be revealed only by the Word himself and pondered in the heart, just as Our Lady herself did.
Humility, obedience, availability, joy, suffering, and transparency before God are some of the key spiritual attributes of Our Lady found in this timeless work. As with her other books, von Speyr helps us to savor and to appreciate each word of Sacred Scripture as self-revelation from the Father through the heart of the Church, the Bride of the Son, in a loving exchange of the Spirit. In this way, the Word may be absorbed into the very core of our being, as it was for Mary, the Mother of God.
[4] 名家推荐
——Kris McGregor
[5] 书籍目录
Foreword by Kris McGregor
The Light of Assent
The Soul of the Mother
Mary and the Angel
Motherhood
The Visitation
The Magnificat
Mary and Joseph
Expectation and Birth
The Presentation in the Temple
Nazareth
Jesus at Twelve
The Departure
The Marriage Feast at Cana
The Rejections
Golgotha
Mary and John
Easter
Pentecost
Death and Assumption
Mary in the Church
The Mother and Prayer
The Vocation of the Mother
The Mother and Mankind
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