"The life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is sure to touch the heart of every child. These beautifully written and illustrated episodes draw on the Bible, Church tradition, and pious legend to present the woman chosen by God to bring the Savior into the world. In sharing events from Mary's birth to her crowning as the Queen of Heaven, these fifteen stories will inspire a lifelong devotion to her son and invite them to say 'Yes' to the presence of Jesus...

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were a holy family. They respected each other, and loved each other. Most of all, they loved God and put their trust in him. The Holy Family is a model of love and faith for all families.

Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...

"Una inteligente y maquiav̌lica campąa a nivel mundial ha puesto contra las cuerdas y est̀ a punto de enviar a las catacumbas a la Iglesia cat̤lica. Pero los enemigos de los seguidores de Jesucristo no cuentan con la intervenci̤n de fuerzas sobrenaturales que pueden cambiar por completo el desenlace. La trama de esta apasionante novela de misterio arranca con una supuesta aparici̤n de la Virgen Mar̕a en Guatemala y lleva al lector por buena...

The miraculous story of Mary begins with a young, innocent girl, completely unaware of the monumental role she will play in history. She is to marry the humble carpenter Joseph. Suddenly, her world is upended when she learns that she is carrying the son of God. She and Joseph travel to Bethlehem, while a shepherd in the field has a miraculous visitation and wise men watching the movements of the stars realize that an ancient prophecy is about to be...

"Pope Francis provides an enlightening new vision of the importance of the Virgin Mary in the Church and in our lives. 'Mary is thus the universal Mother who gives total attention, care, closeness to each son, to each daughter. In her we see in fact the heart of a woman that beats like that of God, a heart that beats for all, without distinction. She is truly the human face of God's infinite goodness.' So writes Pope Francis in Ave Maria. In this...