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"""You gaze on the icon, but it gazes on you too...We need to gaze on truly conversational, truly loving images, images that will return our love."" -- William Hart McNichols Stunning . . . the reader is brought to the door of a deep and potentially transformative experience. --PresenceOpen this book and allow these icons to open your eyes to our patron and our companion: Mary, the Mother of God. --James Martin, S.J., author, My Life with the SaintsThis book through its icons and reflections highlights the role of Mary in our salvation history and in our day to day life. She is similar to fire in that she purifies and challenges all that harms human dignity. --Emmanuel Ndlovu, in Grace & Truth"

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"William Hart McNichols, a priest and icon painter, lives in Taos, New Mexico. Described by Time as being ""among the most famous creators of Christian iconic images in the world,"" his work has been featured in several books, including ""You Will Be My Witnesses,"" and Christ, All Merciful. Mirabai Starr, who also lives in Taos, speaks and leads retreats on the connections between teachings of the mystics, contemplative practice, and social action. She has translated and written introductions for works by St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, and has edited writings of St. Francis and Hildegard of Bingen. Her most recent book is The Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New Translation (Hampton Roads)."

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