{"product_id":"healing-encounters-with-mary-a-guide-to-living-the-sorrowful-mysteries-of-the-rosary","title":"Healing Encounters with Mary: A Guide to Living the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Maria V. Gallagher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHealing Encounters with Mary: A Guide to Living the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eoffers personal reflections and Scriptural meditations to enhance your appreciation of the Sorrowful Mysteries. It also provides some strategies for growing in the various virtues associated with each Mystery. You will also learn about various saints who experienced a special connection with the Blessed Mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrosses in this life are unavoidable and suffering is inevitable. The question becomes: How do we approach the thorns which accompany the breathtakingly beautiful roses in our lives?  A healthy method of dealing with adversity is to place our troubles in the Blessed Mother’s hands. And what better way to do that, than to ponder the agonies her Son endured for our salvation, as seen through the eyes of Mary?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll too often, I believe, people shy away from the Sorrowful Mysteries because they are trying their best to avoid pain. I count myself among that group. At times I have been so overwhelmed by my own troubles it was difficult for me to spend time contemplating the struggles of Jesus and His mother Mary. But crosses in this life are unavoidable and suffering is inevitable. The question becomes: How do we approach the thorns which accompany the breathtakingly beautiful roses in our lives? It seems to me that a healthy method of dealing with adversity is to place our troubles in the Blessed Mother’s hands. And what better way to do that, than to ponder the agonies her Son endured for our salvation, as seen through the eyes of Mary?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marian Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47717567332457,"sku":"HEWM","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0408\/9389\/files\/hewm_w_2.jpg?v=1782244744","url":"https:\/\/www.stcloudbookshop.com\/products\/healing-encounters-with-mary-a-guide-to-living-the-sorrowful-mysteries-of-the-rosary","provider":"St. Cloud Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}