The Mystical City of God: A Popular Abridgement of the Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God Paperback – Abridged, January 1, 2012

It’s an eye opener to the precepts and design by God.

I learned so much from reading this book. And I've grown to a greater knowledge and appreciation of Our Lady. It's the kind of book you'll want to read more than once. I'm on my second read.

I love this book

This is a wonderful abridged version of the original work, which I later found and bought (4 Volumes: 8 Books: 2676 pages), written by Sister Mary of Jesus, (1602-1665), Superioress of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Agreda, Spain, and later translated from the original Spanish by Fiscar Marison (Rev. George J. Blatter) of Chicago.It is a must read for anyone who wishes to know more about the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of which the Bible contains so little. This is not by coincidence. Prior to the evangelists beginning their writings of the Gospels, Our Lady appeared to each at their time with the request that concerning Herself nothing be written except only what was "absolutely necessary for manifesting the Incarnation and other mysteries of the Word made man, and for establishing his faith in the world as the foundation for his Church." Once the faith was established the Lord would assign other persons the task of revealing her life at the most opportune time (Vol.4, Page 483).I believe with all my heart that this is that work. I'd like to add a point regarding private revelations: A great Pope once said, "In cases which concern private revelations, it is better to believe than not to believe, for, if you believe, and it is proven to be true, you will be happy that you believed, because our Holy Mother asked it. If you believe, and it should be proven false, you will receive all blessings as if it had been true, because you believed it to be true." (Pope Urban VIII, 1623-1644)

This book was fascinating!

I am a cradle Catholic. I've always known about Mary as the Blessed Mother of Jesus.While I have had a deep sense of Faith and kinship with the Holy Trinity, I didn't give much thought to Mary. That was until a friend sent a Miraculous Medal to me a couple of months ago. What a miracle and search for knowledge was ignited by this gift.This was originally printed in 4 separate volumes. These have been joined into this one, very hefty, book. The paperback version has 608 pages. The table of contents is invaluable in that it helps one navigate the way through the life of Our Blessed Mother.I have spent time with tabs etc to organize the book. I don't imagine it would be one that a person would read from cover to cover. I am using it as a reference book, reading the section that pertains to the daily readings of the Catholic Church.Great book for every Catholic home.

Great abridged book!! Can’t put it down!!

Years ago a read a little of the book in paperback format; this is a larger paperback and is chock-full of interesting information about the Holy Family, starting with the man and woman who would become Jesus' earthly parents. Highly recommended.