How to Pray Like Mary

How to Pray Like Mary

<h2>Listen and Respond Like Mary at the Annunciation.</h2> <p>Mary has been called the <i>mother of listening.</i> She didn t just hear the Word; she pondered it in light of her own relationships and circumstances and then let it transform her.</p> <p>Sonja Corbitt is a best-selling catholic author and one of the most dynamic and compelling new voices in the Church today. After years of Bible study, she recognized that the <i>mother of listening</i> was providing a model of prayer that has the power to revolutionize your life of prayer.</p> <p>Starting with Mary's response to the Annunciation, Sonja Corbitt will show you how to pray with Scripture under the guidance of the Blessed Mother. You will learn a powerful practice for daily prayer as Mary models it: L-isten, O-bserve, V-erbalize, E-ntrust. Sonja Corbitt draws from vivid biblical texts to show you the key to loving Scripture and deepening your relationship with God.</p> <h3><b>In How to Pray Like Mary by Sonja Corbitt, you will...</b></h3> <ul> <li>Develop a daily habit of life-changing prayer.</li> <li>Learn how to tell the difference between God's voice and your own thoughts in prayer.</li> <li>Understand Mary as the mother of the Church and a model for individual Christians ... and why this is so important.</li> <li>Rediscover the power in the early Church's method of Scripture-based prayer.</li> <li>Discover how to hear the voice of God in Scripture, and so that reading Scripture becomes a joyful encounter with the one who loves you.</li> <li>Find peace and direction every day as you turn to God's Word and discover him working in your heart and your life.</li> <li>Most importantly: You will know how to respond to God when you do hear him, just like the Blessed Mother!</li> </ul> <p><i>Paperback, approx. 150 pages</i></p>