René Laurentin Books

Father René Laurentin, one of the preeminent Marian theologians of our time, has conducted extensive research for over twenty years on the apparitions at Lourdes that forever changed Bernadette Soubirous life. The culmination of his work is contained within this masterpiece factual account that reads like a novel. Translated from French to English for the first time, this fascinating biography covers the entire life of the visionary and messenger of the Immaculate Conception, accompanied by over 100 photographs.

Marian scholar Fr. Rene Laurentin studies the Infancy Narratives presented in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke with the perceptiveness and deep spiritual penetration which characterize his work. He restores the veracity of the Infancy Gospels to us with new life and brilliance.

This engaging book examines the invigorating presence of Mary in the mystery of the redemption that is as the heart of the life of the church. The author contemplates her presence in the course of Scripture, human and ecclesial history, the church fathers, the mystics, and others. He not only wants to transmit his love of the Virgin Mary, but the actualization of these words at the foot of the "This is your mother."