The Silence of Mary by Ignacio Larranaga

The Silence of Mary by Ignacio Larranaga

Among the sixteen books written by the gifted Capuchin priest Ignacio Larran aga (1928-2013), The Silence of Mary is the best sold, printed in forty editions and twelve languages. The personality and history of the mother of Jesus has been reconstructed by means of a penetrating analysis based solidly on the canonical Scriptures without appealing to traditions or apocryphal writings. Although Catholic in its orthodoxy, Larran aga's description is valid for Christians of all denominations, which makes this book a sound basis for ecumenical dialog.

Born and ordained a priest in Spain, the Capuchins sent him to the province of the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor in Chile at the age of thirty-one. In his eagerness for all to get a deep God experience, he traveled to many countries giving conferences and organizing courses and workshops. The Prayer and Life Workshops, which he founded, met with great success in the United States. However, since his aim was primarily focused on Latin America, those in North America rarely recognize his name and he continues to be little known.

Although The Silence of Mary was translated into English about a quarter of a century ago, only a few copies were distributed, and the book was never reprinted. In order to remedy that gap, we now present to the North American public an absolutely new and authentic version of Larran aga's best seller. It is translated from the original, faithfully attempting to express in English what was written so powerfully in Spanish. Therefore, it serves as an excellent introduction to the mind of the author.

Ignacio Larranaga, O.F.M. Cap., was born in 1928 in the Basque region of Spain. He entered the minor seminary of the Capuchin Order at age twelve and finished both his secondary studies and later his ecclesiastical studies with them. Upon ordination, his special gifts for preaching and for music were recognized. He had always felt an attraction for Chile and, at age thirty, he was assigned there. Thus began a full and effective mission with the founding of the Center of Franciscan and Pastoral Studies for Latin America, an educational and publishing community.

In 1974 Fr. Larranaga felt specially called to awaken among the clergy the desire to encounter God. He began a series of retreats whose object was to find the living and true face of God and to introduce the retreatants to a deep experience of God. The Encounters with God movements was begun and has since spread from Chile throughout South America, to Central America, to Spain and now to the United States. It is estimated that a hundred and thirty thousand people have attended these week-long retreats.

Sensing Your Hidden Presence (originally published as Muestrame Tu Rostro) is Fr. Larranaga's seminal work and has sold two hundred thousand copies in its various editions. His other titles (presently available only in Spanish) are The Silence of Mary (El Silencio de Maria), The Brother of Assisi (El hermano de Asis), Climb with Me (Sube Conmigo), From Suffering to Peace (Del sufrimiento a La Paz), Psalms for Living (Salmos para la vida), and Encounter, A Prayer Book (Encuentro, Manual de Oracion)--with combined sales of more than a million copies. In addition, An Adventure of the Spirit (Una adventura del espiritu), a book about Fr. Larranaga's life and work, has recently appeared in Chile.

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ISBN 10	1941457010
Title	The Silence of Mary
Author	Ignacio Larranaga
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Human Adventure Books
Year published	2015-09-01
Number of pages	188
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