| Hi,
Boy, if there is a book that is an autobiography of Mary, I
am not aware of it!
I think that perhaps with the Catholic Church placing more
attention and veneration to Mary and with the source being
the pope, maybe you would have a better chance of finding
the answer to your question in the Catholic notesfile. (I'm
not sure what the node is.)
God Bless,
Tony
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| The book he is referring to is not claimed to be an autobiography of Mary.
It is a "life of Mary" written by a mystic.
From the Encyclopaedia Britannica:
Agreda, Maria de, real name MAR�A FERNANDEZ CORONEL (b. April 2, 1602,
Agreda, Spain-d. May 24, 1665, Agreda), abbess, known as Sister Mar�a de
Jes�s, and mystic. 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. Her virtues and holy
life were universally acknowledged, but controversy arose over her mystical
writings, her political influence, and her missionary activities. Her
best known work is The Mystical City of God (1670), a life of the Virgin
Mary ostensibly based on divine revelations granted to Maria. The Roman
Index condemned it in 1681, but the ban was lifted in 1747; Spanish
theologians maintained from the start that most of the opposition arose
from a misunderstanding of the Spanish text. Despite the book's evident
historical, geographic, and chronological errors, scholars value it as an
ascetic and mystical treatise. In 1643 Philip IV, king of Spain, visited
Maria, initiating an interchange that was maintained until her death.
Their correspondence dealt with spiritual and political matters and forms a
rich source for historians on the later period of Philip's reign. Maria was
noted for her encouragement of missionary activity, especially among the
Franciscans. She frequently repeated that God had revealed to her his
desire to convert the North American Indians and had assured the
missionaries the reward of becoming apostles. Some thought her words
fanciful, but many others accepted her assurances of success and took up
mission work; among them was Junipero Serra, founder of California
missions.
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