Gifts of the Visitation: Nine Spiritual Encounters with Mary and Elizabeth
By Denise Bossert and Teresa Tomeo
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In her debut book, speaker, columnist, and Catholic convert Denise Bossert showcases the seasons of birth, grief, newness, and challenge experienced in the hearts of Mary and Elizabeth at the Visitation and invites readers to see these times in their own lives as opportunities to let God make all things new. Within each of those seasons, nine gifts emerge—spontaneity, courage, joy, readiness, humility, adventure, hospitality, wonder and awe, and thanksgiving—equipping readers to present Christ to the world as Mary and Elizabeth did.
Bossert's encounter with Mary, which led her to Catholicism, serves as the window for discovering and exploring the gifts and helps readers look inside their own hearts to discover what the gifts of the visit between Mary and Elizabeth mean to them and how they can be Christ-bearers to others.
Denise Bossert
Denise Bossert earned a bachelor of arts in English education, magna cum laude, at the University of Dubuque in 1989. In 2001, she was awarded a master of arts in literature from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Bossert also studied theology at the Paul VI Institute in St. Louis. She has taught literature at the primary, secondary, and college levels and has worked as a religious education coordinator and Confirmation assistant. The daughter and former wife of Protestant ministers, Bossert converted to the Catholic Church in 2005 after being inspired by the books of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila. Since then, two of her children and her husband have also entered the Church. Denise writes a syndicated column called Catholic by Grace for diocesan newspapers across the United States. She has also written for Canticle Magazine (now called Women of Grace), Women for Faith and Family, and Catholic Exchange. Bossert is a member of the Legion of Mary, Catholic Writers Guild, and ACTS Retreat Community. She has appeared on a variety of television and radio shows, including EWTN’s Journey Home and Women of Grace, the Son Rise Morning Show, Catholic Vitamins, On Call, and Seize the Day. She gives talks at parishes and to women’s groups on conversion, women of salvation history, and spiritual mentoring. Denise and her husband, John, have four children and five grandchildren and live in New Melle, Missiouri.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inspirational and well written. We can all identify with this spiritual journey of Mother Mary and Elizabeth. I received a much stronger sense of their relationship to each other and us. The spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit-- we can identify our strengths and receive grace to grow. This book is providing a format for an advent Women's Morning of Reflection. Patricia, Living Light Spiritual Life Coach.