The Prayer of Mary: Living the Surrendered Life
Keith Fournier, with Lela Gilbert. . Thomas Nelson, $13.99 (185pp) ISBN 978-0-7852-1173-0
Mary, the mother of Christ, has often been a flashpoint for disagreements between Catholics and Protestants, and Fournier, a Catholic deacon, wades into the fray by proposing her as a model for all Christians. Wisely avoiding such divisive Catholic beliefs as Mary's immaculate conception and assumption into heaven, he focuses instead on the character and spirituality of the woman who bore Christ in her own body. Pointing out that Mary's recorded words are few, Fournier suggests Christians can learn from her silence, but he also notes the significance of the words she did speak. He structures the book around her
Reviewed on: 06/13/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
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