How can we truly love the Blessed Virgin Mary if we have never understood the greatness of her Immaculate Heart?

In this profound Catholic classic, Father John Peter Pinamonti, S.J., leads the reader beyond sentiment into a deeper knowledge of the interior beauty, holiness, love, and sorrow of the Mother of God.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a sustained meditation upon the extraordinary work of grace accomplished by God in the soul of the Blessed Virgin—and upon the powerful reasons why every Christian should honor, love, and imitate her. Drawing upon Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers, Doctors of the Church, and the great masters of the spiritual life, Father Pinamonti contemplates Mary as:

• The Unspotted Mirror
• The Heart Worthy of the Mother of God
• The Deep Ocean of Grace
• The Living Image of the Heart of Christ
• The Heaven of the Fire of Divine Love
• The Sea of Great Sorrows
• God’s Paradise of Delights

These seven meditations reveal the Blessed Virgin Mary as Daughter of the Eternal Father, Mother of the Divine Son, and Spouse of the Holy Ghost; as the first and most perfect disciple of Jesus Christ; as the Mother of Mercy; and as the creature who loved God with a purity and intensity beyond that of all the other Saints.

For Catholics who desire a deeper devotion to Mary—for those who wish to understand why the Church has loved her so profoundly throughout the centuries—The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a treasury to be read slowly, prayerfully, and more than once.