Wife Mother & Mystic is the story of Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi, a woman singled out at the age of twenty-one, to receive revelations from Our Lord and the Blessed Mother, which continued until her death. In her visions she foresaw much of the political turmoil that took place during her life most significantly the French Revolution and subsequent weakening of the temporal authority of the Church. She also read the state of souls, both living and dead. Despite these miraculous gifts, she was content to fulfill her station in life as the wife of a poor serving-man and the mother of seven children. Wife, Mother and Mystic chronicles the events of an extraordinary life and yet, the great lesson of this biography is not found in the extraordinary, but in this modest woman's constant, hidden striving after holiness in her most ordinary tasks.
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her "sun" told her all,
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For the blessed Anna Maria Taigi, there were no secrets; there was before her a "golden globe which became a sun of matchless light; in this all things were revealed to her". This miraculous "sun" was with her for forty-seven years, until her death at age sixty-eight. People of all strata of society came to her for advice and healing, from the poverty stricken, to nobility, to the leaders of the church.
She was a humble woman born in Sienna in 1769 "to a world in chaos". During her lifetime, Europe was in a state of constant upheaval, the church under siege, with some of the events during her lifetime being the French Revolution, Rome under oppressive French Directoire, and the imprisonment of Pope Pius VI. Anna Maria led an austere, simple life, with her seven children and husband Domenico, whose boisterous temperament contrasted with hers, and who was a servant at the Chigi palace. Domenico, as well as her daughter Sophie, are quoted extensively from their depositions after her death in this book. She renounced the ways of the world, and searched out the will of the Lord, and followed the advice to "always pull against the stream and never cease to resist one's own will". Her visions covered a wide span of time (she saw "black airships traversing the skies") though the book does not dwell on her future revelations, but mostly describes her day to day life, and how she helped the many who would ask for her healing and help. The book also has little insights into her personality, as when a domestic broke a bottle, Anna Maria consoled her by saying "It is nothing. We must, after all, feed the crockery-makers". Translated from the French, the book is also an interesting glimpse into life during a turbulent era, and important time in the history of the Catholic Church.
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Laywoman reached the heights of sanctity!,
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The heights of sanctity reached by Anna Maria can be attested to by the fact that her husband called their home heaven on earth. The book was very thorough in narrating this great mystic's life.
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Great Pious Woman!,
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Blessed Anna Marie Taigi was a very pious & loving woman. This book lets you know of her many attributes. She kept her husband's temper pretty much in check. She made sure her children were brought up in religion. Ordinary people,royalty,popes & other clerical persons believed in her mystical prophesies. She had her battles with the devil like the Cure D'Ars. Excellent book for persons interested in learning about our many great religious wonders!
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