{"title":"Marian books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks relating to Our Lady, including Mariology, Marian Apparitions, and devotional titles.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"our-lady-of-pontmain-colouri","title":"Our Lady of Pontmain Colouring Book","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe story of the Blessed Virgin Mary's silent apparition in 1870 to several children in Pontmain, France. She seemed to bring a message of the power of the Holy Cross and showed her special approval of the title, Mother of Hope.\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fidelity Books and Pieties","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45158458229017,"sku":"CBLPT","price":3.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0989\/5705\/products\/10472.jpg?v=1683201766"},{"product_id":"hail-holy-queen-the-mother","title":"Hail Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" color=\"#800000\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbig\u003eWhy the Catholic Church       loves her Mother Mary— And why every Christian in every church should,       too!\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003eDevotion to Mary is       a hallmark of the Catholic Faith — yet for many non-Catholics it’s an       unscriptural embarrassment, supported not by God’s Word but only by the       weight of dead Tradition. That’s why every Catholic — and every honest       Protestant — needs Scott Hahn’s new book, \u003ci\u003eHail, Holy Queen- The       Mother of God in the Word of God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003eHahn, the       celebrated convert to Catholicism and author of The Lamb’s Supper, shows       in this eye-opening book that every Catholic and every Christian should       fervently and constantly honor Mary for her role in the salvation of each       individual. He maintains that Catholics should be proud of devotion to       Mary and (with an impressive grasp of Scripture) demonstrates that such       devotion is solidly Bible-based.\u003c\/font\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003eSo the next time       non-Catholics try to convince you or someone you love that you should       ignore Mary, honor your mother- defend her with Scott Hahn’s \u003ci\u003eHail,       Holy Queen\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/font\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdl\u003e         \u003cdt\u003e\n\u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003e“Eminently           readable and insightfully structured, Hail, Holy Queen examines and           analyzes the biblical and theological foundations of Marian devotion           with insight and deep faith.”\u003c\/font\u003e         \u003cdt\u003e┬á         \u003cdiv align=\"right\"\u003e           \u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003eEdward Cardinal           Egan\u003cbr\u003e           Archbishop of New York\u003c\/font\u003e         \u003c\/div\u003e         \u003cp\u003e┬á\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003cdt\u003e\n\u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003e“Will convey           to the reader both persuasive arguments and excitement for embracing           Mary as Mother and Queen.”\u003c\/font\u003e         \u003cdt\u003e┬á         \u003cdiv align=\"right\"\u003e           \u003cfont face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"\u003eFr. 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Gives profound encouragement and firm\n hope for eternal victory through Mary; the Mother of God--who can \nobtain from her Divine Son anything she asks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; color:#4b6298\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable prevstyle=\"width:375px; border-style:none; border-width:0px;\" style=\"width: 375px; border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border: 1px dashed #AAAAAA;\" prevstyle=\" \" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-align:left; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:9pt;\"\u003eSt.\n Alphonsus Liguori was born in 1696 to Neapolitan nobility at \nMarianella, Italy. He became a recognizable lawyer after going through \nlaw school at the age of sixteen, but later decided to leave law in \nfavor of giving his salvation more attention. 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In this compilation of essays, some of the world's most foremost Mariologists and experts on the Theology of the Body share their insights on how Mary illuminates the message of the Theology of the Body in a profound way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the Mother of God, Mary provided Jesus with his body, a body that would be offered on the Cross for our redemption. She bore witness to his bodily resurrection and ascension, and she herself was assumed bodily into heaven. 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We have lost the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the principle that determines the essence of a thing, distinguishing it from all others. The invitation to become perfect is open to everyone, but we have forgotten that there is a hierarchy of levels in the states of Christian life. Consequently, both marriage and the consecrated life are going through a profound crisis, having been flattened into the same level to ease the universal call to holiness. It is a crisis that also afflicts the celibate life, which has for a long while been subjected to the epicurean transformation of our times.\u003cbr\u003eA solution is found in looking to the Virgin Mary. Her perpetual virginity is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eoriginal form\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat molded Christ and, in Him, every Christian and every Christian vocation. In her unsullied virginity we have the beginning and the fulfillment. The mystery of Mary's virginity is the assurance of God's primacy in the world. It is the confirmation that the Kingdom that Christ brought forth does not begin in the flesh but in the spirit-\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGod is spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" (Jn 4:24) -whereby the flesh is ennobled, and man elevated into a higher dimension: that of the Kingdom in its plenitude, where God \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eworketh all in all\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" (1 Cor 12:6). Mary is the virginal womb in which the mystery of Christ and of the Church are safeguarded, enshrined, and treasured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fidelity Books and Pieties","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470951182617,"sku":"SVirgo","price":26.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0989\/5705\/files\/71JIxdRdRuL._SL1360.jpg?v=1781493649"},{"product_id":"discovery-of-secret-la-salette","title":"The Discovery of the Secret of LaSalette: Official English Translation of the Theotokans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePaperback, 463 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAt last\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the Secret of LaSalette in a scrutinized English translation!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This 1846 prophecy has been capturing recent attention in the media because of current events. But how to resolve all the confusion and skewed versions? Most of the Apparition unfolded in a lengthy apocalyptic panorama, which the children explained on different occasions. 19th century journalists often extrapolated to satisfy their readers, and some surmised that the children had done the same. But what of the original hand-written accounts, cherished by Pope Pius IX?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFather Michel Corteville was working in Rome on the second volume of his doctoral thesis on LaSalette, when the Vatican Archives opened to scholars the uncatalogued documents of Leo XIII. This “Rosary Pope” had summoned Melanie to help her inaugurate the Order of the Mother of God, but it was thwarted in their lifetimes by insurmountable difficulties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the first Saturday of October, 1999, Father Corteville discovered the little bundle sent by the children in 1851. He interrupted his thesis to collaborate with Father Laurentin to publish these treasures in France. In 2011, far away in an American cloister, Sister Anne was surprised by a locution instructing her to promote the Rule that Mary had dictated to Melanie. A reliable English translation of “everything LaSalette” would be imperative for the members of the new Order. Thanks to years of work with over 70 volunteers, Theotokans are ready to publish. Holy Water Books was chosen for its deep French and Louisianan Catholic roots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fidelity Books and Pieties","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52898292826393,"sku":"DOSOLS","price":53.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0989\/5705\/files\/discovery_la_salette.jpg?v=1785123376"},{"product_id":"guadalupe-flower-world-proph","title":"Guadalupe and the Flower World Prophecy: How God Prepared the Americas for Conversion Before the Lady Appeared","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the beginning of the famous encounter between St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe, as Diego ascends Tepeyac Hill, he is suddenly surrounded by beautiful music and wondrous sights, whereupon he asks himself, “Where am I? Could this be the place that our ancestors spoke of ― the Flower World Paradise in the land of heaven?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith these words, St. Juan Diego ties his encounter to an ancient indigenous belief system ― a spiritual floral domain named “Flower World.” This startling history was recently uncovered by anthropologists and archaeologists. In referencing this flowery paradise, Juan Diego opens up a fascinating link dating back to the very cradle of American civilization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlower World permeated Pan-Mesoamerican culture from its inception, accentuating ancient American man’s yearning for a paradisiacal afterlife saturated with music and beauty. This is expressively reflected in flower song poems of the era, whose primary metaphor is that of a singer calling down flowers from heaven to gather in his tilma so he might share them with lords and princes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exciting new interpretation of American prehistory lays the groundwork for a prophetical reinterpretation of the Guadalupe narrative. Joseph and Monique Gonzalez shed new light on the astounding events of Our Lady’s appearance at Tepeyac in December 1531. They present a fresh explanation of the roughly ten million indigenous conversions that occurred after the Blessed Mother’s appearance ― considered the single largest Christian conversion event in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainstakingly tracing the latest archaeological interpretations of Flower World along with the philosophical ramifications behind the flower songs, the Gonzalezes make a compelling case for the Guadalupe apparition’s being the culmination of thousands of years of evangelical preparation of the people of the Americas. In these enthralling pages, you will discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe was a fabrication to convert the indigenous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat the miraculous tilma is part of a larger network of miraculous artistic expressions and ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe five ways Our Lady of Guadalupe attaches herself to ancient traditions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat the indigenous peoples had limited exposure to the tilma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe four-petaled flower symbol that connects earth and heaven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn ancient and mysterious poem that mirrors the Guadalupe narrative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe four pillars of “the bridge of understanding” that paved the way for the Gospels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat the gathered flowers in Juan Diego’s tilma symbolize Jesus as the Path to eternal life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis hero’s journey through the centuries is a love letter to the modern world that unveils in a stunning way the reality of God’s salvific plan for the Americas, then and now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fidelity Books and Pieties","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52898293383449,"sku":"GATFWP","price":25.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0989\/5705\/files\/guadalupe_flower_world.jpg?v=1785113337"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0989\/5705\/collections\/Sassoferrato-the-virgin-at-prayer.jpg?v=1783911627","url":"https:\/\/www.fidelitybooks.com.au\/collections\/marian-books.oembed?page=3","provider":"Fidelity Books and Pieties","version":"1.0","type":"link"}