The Glories Of Mary, Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Part 1 Of 2, Full Catholic Audiobook

The Glories of Mary is a classic book in the field of Roman Catholic Mariology, written during the 18th century by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, a Doctor of the Church.
St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori is well known for his excellent ability of quoting all those who lived before him to explain and prove his own point. Listen to these tapes and learn what the Church has to say about The Glories of Mary. Remember that after the Church had examined all the writings of St. Alphonsus Maria, She told us: “Nothing in them was deserving of censor.” Imprimatur 1931.
The book was written at a time when some Jansenists (which were declared heretical by the Pope) were criticizing Marian devotions, and was written in part as a defense of Marian devotion. The book combines numerous citations in favor of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Church Fathers and the Doctors of the Church with Saint Alphonsus’ own personal views on Marian veneration and includes a number of Marian prayers and practices.[1]
The first part of the book focuses on the Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen) prayer and explains how God gave Mary to mankind as the “Gate of Heaven”. On this topic, St. Alphonsus quoted Saint Bonaventure, “No one can enter Heaven unless by Mary, as though through a door.”[2]
The second part of the book deals with the key Marian feasts such as the Immaculate Conception, Nativity, Purification, Annunciation, Assumption, etc.[3] The third part focuses on the Seven Sorrows of Mary, explaining how her “prolonged martyrdom” was greater than that of all other martyrs. The fourth part discusses ten different virtues of the Blessed Virgin, while the fifth part provides a collection of Marian prayers, meditations and devotions. An appendix is devoted to defending the role of Mary as mediatrix of all graces.
Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori, C.Ss.R. (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian.
He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists). In 1762 he was appointed Bishop of Sant’Agata dei Goti. A prolific writer, he published nine editions of his Moral Theology in his lifetime, in addition to other devotional and ascetic works and letters. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions.
He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871. One of the most widely read Catholic authors, he is the patron saint of confessors.