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The Mystical City of God is the one book
that has had the greatest impact on my life, after the bible of course.
Although the Catholic Church teaches that no person is obligated to
believe in private revelation, reading and contemplating on the private
revelations of the saints, provided that these private revelations do not
contradict church teaching, can only serve to increase our love and
understanding of God and His holy and infinite goodness. Since the life of Jesus is so closely
intertwined with that of His Blessed Mother, and since any consideration
of Mary always leads us back to Jesus, please find
below, selections from the text of The Mystical City of God, The History and Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Sincerely Yours in Christ Jesus and Mary
Immaculate, Frank Donahue
Table of Contents:
Part 1. The
Conception. Includes: Books One and Two.
Book One, Chapters 1-8:
1. Why
God Revealed the Life of Mary in These Our Times
2. God's
Inscrutable Essence: The Decree of Creation
3. Creation
of the Angels and the Fall of lucifer
4. Creation
and Fall of Man
5. Propagation
of Mankind. Expectation of a Redeemer. Saints Joachim and Anne (The Parents of
the Virgin Mary).
6. The
Immaculate Conception.
7. The
Blessed Birth of Mary Immaculate.
8. The
Virgin Mary's Childhood Years.
Book Two, Chapters 1-7:
1. The
Virgin Mary's Presentation in the Temple.
2. Instruction
Given by the Queen of Heaven Concerning Religious Vows. The Virgin Mary's First
Years in the Temple.
3. Of
the Virtue of Faith, and How Most Holy Mary Practiced It.
4. Of
the Virtue of Hope, and How the Virgin Our Lady Exercised It.
5. Of
the Virtue of Charity in the Most Holy Mary, Our Lady.
6. The
Trials of the Queen in the Temple and the Death of the Virgin Mary's Parents.
7. The
Virgin Mary's Wonderful Espousal With Saint Joseph.
Part 2. The
Incarnation and Transfixion. Includes: Books Three, Four, Five and Six.
Book Three, Chapters 1-3:
1. The
Novena Before the Incarnation of Jesus
2. The
Incarnation of the Son of God
3. The
Virgin Mary Visits her cousin Elizabeth
Book Four, Chapters 1-9:
1. Saint
Joseph resolves to leave his spouse
2. The
amiable humility of the Virgin Mary toward Saint Joseph
3. The
Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph journey to Bethlehem
4. The
birth of Jesus
5. The
adoration of the shepards, and the circumcision of Jesus
6. The
adoration of the magi
7. The
presentation of Jesus in the temple
8. The
flight into Egypt
9. The
sweet and intimate communications of Jesus and Mary, and the Holy Family returns
from Egypt
Book Five, Chapters 1-6:
1. Interior
trials of the Virgin Mary, and Jesus in the temple
2. Jesus
instructs His mother in the law of grace
3. The
continued prayers of Jesus and Mary for mankind
4. The
death of Saint Joseph
5. The
Blessed Mother offers her Son as victim to the Eternal Father, and Jesus departs
from Nazareth
6. The
Baptism of Jesus, His fast, and the Virgin Mary's doings during these events
Book Six, Chapters 1-12:
1. The
Virgin Mary accompanies Jesus on His journeys
2. The
transfiguration of Jesus and His triumphal entry into Jerusalem
3. The
last supper
4. The
agony in the garden of Gethsemani, and how the Virgin Mary joined therein
5. Jesus
is brought before Annas and Caiaphas
6. Jesus
is brought before Pilate, the scourging at the pillar, and the crowning with
thorns
7. The
way of the cross
8. The
crucifixion of Jesus
9. The
Virgin Mary, the heiress of the merits of Jesus
10. The
victory of Jesus Christ over hell
11. The
resurrection of Jesus
12. The
ascension of Jesus into Heaven
Part 3. The
Coronation Includes: Books Seven and Eight.
Book Seven, Chapters 1-6:
1. The
Descent
of the Holy Ghost, and Mary's intuitive vision of Him
2. Sermon
of the apostles. Baptism of the converts. The first mass. Perpetual presence of
the Holy Species in Mary.
4. Solicitude
of the Virgin Mary for the apostles and the faithful.
5. The
Death
of Saint Stephen. The creed. Departure of the apostles.
6. The
Conversion of Saint Paul
Book Eight, Chapters 1-8:
1. The
persecution of Herod and the will of God made known to Mary occasion her
sojourn in Ephesus.
2. Council
of the apostles.
3. The
Gospels.
4. The
virgin Mary's devotion to the passion of Jesus and to the Holy Eucharist,
and how Mary celebrated the Immaculate Conception and other feasts.
5. The
Archangel Gabriel brings notice to the Virgin Mary of her approaching
death.
6. The
glorious transition of the Virgin Mary.
7. The
Burial and the assumption of the Virgin Mary.
8. The
coronation of the Mother of God.
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