Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross

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Now in paperback. Edward Sri looks at the crucial passages in the Bible concerning Jesus's mother, Mary, and offers biblical insight and practical lessons about the Blessed Mother's faith and devotion that we can apply in our daily lives. Mary appears only a few times in the Bible, but those few passages come at crucial moments. Catholics believe that Mary is the ever-virgin Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth. But she also was a human being-a woman who made a journey of faith through various trials and uncertainties and endured her share of suffering. Even with her unique graces and vocation, Mary remains a woman we can relate to and from whom we have much to learn. Walking with Mary draws readers into Mary's story and allows the average Christian to enter into Mary's shoes and walk with her through her journey of faith. We follow her step-by-step through the New Testament account of her life, reflecting on what the Scriptures tell us about how she responded to the dramatic events unfolding around her.

DR. EDWARD SRI is a nationally known Catholic speaker who appears regularly on EWTN and is the author of several well-loved Catholic books. He is a founding leader, with Curtis Martin, of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), and he currently serves as the provost and professor of theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institute master's program in Denver, Colorado. He also teaches as a visiting professor at Benedictine College, where he taught fulltime for nine years. Sri holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He resides with his wife, Elizabeth, and their five children in Littleton, Colorado.

"In Walking with Mary, Ted Sri achieves something rare and wonderful: a book that seamlessly combines rich biblical scholarship, a son's insight into the human heart of Mary, and an engaging, vividly accessible style the reader can't put down. This is a marvelous encounter with both the Word of God and the mother of Jesus Christ, the virgin of Nazareth, the model of all Christian discipleship." -Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia "Walking with Mary is a highly readable book that illuminates the scriptural truth about Mary. Drawing on solid biblical scholarship and Catholic tradition, Dr. Sri leads his readers along the spiritual journey of the Mother of our Lord, from her initial call from God to her soul-piercing sorrow at the foot of the cross. With rich insight, he offers practical lessons for the personal challenges we all face as Mary's fellow pilgrims walking the path of faith. This book will help all Christians, not just Catholics, to get to know and love Mary much more." -Dr. Scott Hahn, author of The Lamb's Supper and Consuming the Word "A child of God has Christ for a brother-and Mary for a mother. This book delivers on the promise of its title. It's a long and lovely walk we take, on a glorious day, with Jesus and the mom he shares with us. This is what devotion was meant to be: living family life with God." -Mike Aquilina, author of Faith of Our Fathers: Why the Early Christians Still Matter and Always Will "This is no ordinary book! In it, Edward Sri combines a step-by-step Bible study on the life of the mother of Jesus with profound insights into the spiritual life of every Christian. The result is a biblical portrait of Mary of Nazareth that is both extremely informative and deeply moving. The sections on the sufferings of Mary alone are worth the price of the book. Must-reading for anyone who has ever wanted to know who the Virgin Mary really was and what her life means for us today." -Dr. Brant Pitre, author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist