In the present volume (1948), which bears the subtitle A Marian Meditation, Adrienne von Speyr meditates on the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The book is an example of “kneeling theology” that presents the Virgin as the perfect exemplar and origin of ecclesial faith. Mary’s person, Adrienne shows, is wholly shaped by her attitude of total assent in faith and love.
The Light of Assent
The Soul of the Mother
Mary and the Angel
Motherhood
The Visitation
The Magnificat
Mary and Joseph
Expectation and Birth
The Presentation in the Temple
Nazareth
Jesus at Twelve
The Departure
The Marriage Feast at Cana
The Rejections
Golgotha
Mary and John
Easter
Pentecost
Death and Assumption
Mary in the Church
The Mother and Prayer
The Vocation of the Mother
The Mother and Mankind