The Blessed Virgin Mary: Our Queen, Our Mother, Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope (Excerpts from The Glories of Mary)

St. Alphonsus Liguori

May 1986 · TAN Books

About this eBook

 St. Alphonsus Liguori, one of Our Lady's all time greatest apostles, and one of the greatest writers and Doctors of the Church, zealously and profoundly illuminates the meaning of Mary as Our Queen, Our Mother, Our Sweetness and Our Hope. Though relatively brief, this book exudes that holy erudition so poignantly to the heart of the true Catholic. Seldom in life will the reader find a book of such saintly unction as this. Or one that will leave such a profound and lasting effect.

About the author

St. Alphonsus Liguori was born in 1696 to Neapolitan nobility at Marianella, Italy. He became a recognizable lawyer after going through law school at the age of sixteen, but later decided to leave law in favor of giving his salvation more attention. Alphonsus joined the Oratory of St. Philip Neri as a seminarian and was ordained in 1726, when he was thirty. The homilies he gave had the special ability of converting those who had fallen away from the faith. He also founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and authored such works as The Glories of Mary, The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, Attaining Salvation, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Preparation for Death Abridged, What Will Hell Be Like?, The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation, and The Way of the Cross. After being a bishop for over a decade, St. Alphonsus Liguori died on the first of August, 1787. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871. His feast is celebrated on August 1.