Gifts of the Visitation: Nine Spiritual Encounters With Mary and Elizabeth - Softcover

Bossert, Denise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594715688 ISBN 13: 9781594715686

Publisher: Ave Maria Pr, 2015

Synopsis

The biblical encounter between the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, before the births of Jesus and John the Baptist, is at the heart of "Gifts of the Visitation" by popular speaker and syndicated columnist Denise Bossert. She uses their story to highlight nine gifts experienced by both women as they awaited the arrival of their sons and to encourage readers to develop these gifts themselves.

In her debut book, speaker, columnist, and Catholic convert Denise Bossert showcases the seasons of birth, grief, newness, and challenge experienced in the hearts of Mary and Elizabeth at the Visitation and invites readers to see these times in their own lives as opportunities to let God make all things new. Within each of those seasons, nine gifts emerge—spontaneity, courage, joy, readiness, humility, adventure, hospitality, wonder and awe, and thanksgiving—equipping readers to present Christ to the world as Mary and Elizabeth did.

Bossert's encounter with Mary, which led her to Catholicism, serves as the window for discovering and exploring the gifts and helps readers look inside their own hearts to discover what the gifts of the visit between Mary and Elizabeth mean to them and how they can be Christ-bearers to others.

About this title

About the Author

Denise Bossert writes a syndicated column, Catholic by Grace, for diocesan newspapers across the United States. She earned a bachelor's degree in English education at the University of Dubuque (1989) and a master's degree in literature from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (2001). She taught literature at the primary, secondary, and college levels. She and her husband, John, have four children and five grandchildren and live in New Melle, Missouri.

Teresa Tomeo is an author, syndicated Catholic talk show host, and motivational speaker with more than 30 years of experience in print and broadcast media. Her daily radio program, Catholic Connection, is produced by Ave Maria Radio and broadcast nationwide by EWTN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ave Maria Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594715688
• ISBN 13: 9781594715686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144