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With God's abundant blessings, please find
below, selections from the text of The Mystical City of God.
The History and Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Mystical City of God, The Divine
History and Life of The Virgin Mother of God
The private revelations of Sister Mary of Jesus, Superioress of the
convent of the Immaculate Conception of the town of Agreda, of the
province of Burgos in Spain, under obedience to the regular observance of
the seraphic father Saint Francis, for new enlightenment of the world, for
rejoicing of the Catholic Church, and the encouragement of men.
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
6. THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
7. THE
BLESSED BIRTH OF MARY IMMACULATE. HER NAME
8. HER
CHILDHOOD YEARS
Book Two, Chapters 1-7:
1. HER
PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
2. INSTRUCTION
GIVEN BY THE QUEEN CONCERNING RELIGIOUS VOWS. HER 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 HER PARENTS
7. HER
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
2. THE
INCARNATION OF THE SON OF GOD
3. MOST
HOLY MARY VISITS ELIZABETH
Book Four, Chapters 1-9:
1. ST.
JOSEPH RESOLVES TO LEAVE HIS SPOUSE
2. THE
AMIABLE HUMILITY OF MARY TOWARD HER SPOUSE
3. THE
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM
4. CHRIST
OUR SAVIOR IS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN BETHLEHEM, JUDA
5. THE
ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERD; THE CIRCUMCISION
6. THE
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
7. THE
PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
8. THE
FLIGHT TO EGYPT
9. THE
SWEET AND INTIMATE COMMUNICATIONS OF JESUS AND MARY; THEIR RETURN FROM
EGYPT
Book Five, Chapters 1-6:
1. INTERIOR
TRIALS OF MARY; 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
HAPPY DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH
5. THE
BLESSED MOTHER OFFERS HER SON AS VICTIM TO THE ETERNAL FATHER; JESUS
DEPARTS FROM NAZARETH
6. BAPTISM
OF CHRIST. HIS FAST. MARY’S DOINGS DURING THESE EVENTS
Book Six, Chapters 1-12:
1. MARY
ACCOMPANIES JESUS ON HIS JOURNEYS
2. THE
TRANSFIGURATION AND TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM OF OUR LORD
3. THE
LAST SUPPER
4. THE
PRAYER IN GETHSEMANI AND HOW MARY JOINED THEREIN
5. JESUS
BROUGHT BEFORE ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS
6. JESUS
BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE. THE SCOURGING AND CROWNING WITH THORNS
7. THE
WAY OF THE CROSS
8. THE
CRUCIFIXION
9. MARY
THE HEIRESS OF THE MERITS OF CHRIST
10. THE
VICTORY OF CHRIST OVER HELL
11. THE
RESURRECTION
12. THE
ASCENSION OF CHRIST
Part 3. The
Coronation Includes: Books Seven and Eight.
Book Seven, Chapters 1-6:
1. DESCENT
OF THE HOLY GHOST; MARY’S INTUITIVE VISION OF HIM
2. SERMON
OF THE APOSTLES. MARY’S CARE FOR THE CONVERTS
3. BAPTISM
OF THE CONVERTS. THE FIRST MASS. PERPETUAL PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPECIES IN
MARY
4. SOLICITUDE
OF MARY FOR THE APOSTLES AND THE FAITHFUL
5. DEATH
OF STEPHEN. THE CREED. DEPARTURE OF THE APOSTLE
6. 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. HER
DEVOTION TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST AND TO THE HOLY EUCHARIST – HOW SHE
CELEBRATED THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND OTHER FEASTS
5. SAINT
GABRIEL BRINGS NOTICE OF DEATH
6. THE
GLORIOUS TRANSITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
7. BURIAL
AND ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN
8. THE
CORONATION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
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