Mama Mary and Her Children True Stories of Real People【電子書籍】[ James B. Reuter, SJ ]

＜p＞Writing about the Virgin Mary in the Philippines is like writing about the sunrise. You are telling the readers what they already know, appreciate, and love. So when I was asked to produce a book on the Blessed Mother, I listened, and I was grateful that my friends felt that I was capable of doing this. But I did not write the book right away because I was sure it would be a twice-told tale. But the request haunted me. I had a deep sense of guiltーa feeling that this was something I should do and I wasn’t doing anything about it. I didn’t know exactly how to present anything really new about this beautiful peasant woman, the mother of God. Then I remembered my grandmother whom we called “Nana.” How she prayed for my Uncle Ern for thirty years! And how Uncle Ern finally came back to Godーnot only on his deathbed, but three full days after the doctors expected him to die. I also remembered other things that happened in my own familyーstories that only I could tell and if I don’t record t．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る