Mary of agreda, i thought the reader would like to know more about her. Life of venerable mary of jesus of agreda by fr jose ximenez. She is also known as the lady in blue and sometimes as the blue nun or the flying nun. E stata unoriginalissima figura di donna, religiosa, mistica e scrittrice della spagna del xvii secolo. Maria di agreda, nata maria fernandez coronel y arana agreda, 2 aprile 1602 agreda, 24 maggio 1665, e stata una mistica, cattolica, spagnola, appartenente allordine delle monache concezioniste francescane con il nome maria di gesu di agreda. Or, according to her conventual title, maria of jesus a discalced franciscan nun. In 1620 she took her vows as a franciscan nun and in 1627 became abbess of a franciscan monastery in agreda, retaining this office, except for a brief period, until her death. In order to finalize, we textually reproduce words that fr. God the father, referring to gods will or plan, had chosen an insignificant cave, to which most holy mary and joseph betook themselves after they had been denied all. As other spaniards came to the territory where mary of agreda had made her visits, they found indians who remembered a lady in blue and her teachings of the doctrine of jesus christ.
During prayer our blessed master sometimes assumed a kneeling posture, sometimes he was prostrate in the form of a cross, or at other times raised in the air. Christened maria fernandez coronel, she donned the blue habit and took her vows as a nun in the franciscan order, and in 1627 she became abbess of the agreda franciscan monastery until. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with title 17 u. She was born of wealthy parents, in a castle at agreda, spain on april 2, 1602. Read in english by ann boulais the mystical city of god is a book written in the 17thcentury by the franciscan nun, venerable mary of jesus of agreda. Christened maria fernandez coronel, she donned the blue habit and took her vows as a nun in the franciscan order, and in 1627 she became abbess of the agreda franciscan monastery until her death in 1665. We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. Mystical city of god mary of agreda pdf mystical city of god mary of agreda pdf. The birth of jesus in bethlehem 1 the birth of jesus in bethlehem mary of agreda 468. This print on demand book is printed on high quality acid free paper. Life of venerable maria of jesus of agreda written by fr jose ximenez samaniego in spanish and translated from the french of abbe joseph.
To end this series on the miraculous bilocations of ven. Her parents were catherine and francis coronel who. I declared that the virgin was positioned in the highest place, which is on the throne of the trinity, and often i used this term to speak of mysteries so very sublime, as do also the. Only since i read the revelations of mary of agreda do i properly know jesus and his holy mother. Entrata giovanissima tra le clarisse del convento dellimmacolata concezione di agreda, ne fu ben presto nominata badessa. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Coinciding with the year of consecrated life promoted by pope francisco and the 5 th centenary of the birth of st. I have not revealed these mysteries in the primitive church, because they are so great, that the faithful would have been lost in the.