Did you know that ancient Catholic tradition tells us that the Virgin Mary died and was laid in a tomb before her Assumption into Heaven? Or that she was raised in the Temple precincts, along with other Jewish maidens--called Almas--until she reached marriageable age?
In Mary the Queen, Mother Mary St. Peter gathers the Gospel accounts and the rich traditions surrounding Our Lady into a continuous story of her life, from her Immaculate Conception to her Assumption into Heaven. Along the way, children discover not only Mary herself, but the world in which she lived: the Temple and its worship, the people and customs of Israel, the prophecies concerning the Messiah, and the many people whose lives form part of the great family story of our Faith.
Just as importantly, Mother St. Peter teaches children what Apostolic Tradition is and why it matters, carefully distinguishing the truths handed down through the Church from pious traditions and ancient stories which the Church leaves us free to accept or not. In this way, children begin to understand that our Catholic inheritance cannot be reduced to a collection of catechism answers, or to those things recorded explicitly in Scripture: the Faith has also been handed down through the living Apostolic Tradition of the Church.
Mary the Queen is the first of eight books on Christian Doctrine written by Mother Mary St. Peter of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, which we have named The Seat of Wisdom Series in honor of Our Lady.
If you enjoy the work of Mother Mary Loyola, we think you will be thrilled to discover the work of Mother Mary St. Peter!
Please note: The text has been modified in places in order to render it more accessible to modern readers; this was done with great care and sensitivity toward the age of the material, in order to maintain respect for the era in which it was written, as well as to preserve the original writer’s voice. Though the wording has been thus modified, the content itself has not been changed in any way, except to add select footnotes and a reference to Our Lady of Fatima.
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