Portraits of holy women : selections from the Vita Christi / Isabel de Villena ; introduction and selection of texts by Joan Curbet ; translation and notes by Robert D. Hughes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179).
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE MARY AND THE HOLY FAMILY -- I.On how the most chaste conception of his most holy daughter was proclaimed to Saint Joachim by an angel -- II.On how the same angel revealed to the glorious Anne the privileged conception of her excellent daughter, to whom she would give the name Mary -- III.On the birth of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, and on the virtues sent by Our Lord to serve her -- IV.On the singular exercise of virtues to which Our Lady devoted herself during the tender age of her suckling; and on the inestimable joy of Saint Anne -- LXI.On how Our Lady visited her first cousin Elizabeth -- LXIII.On how Joseph, realising that Our Lady was pregnant, decided to leave her secretly, and on how he received assurances from the angel regarding the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God -- LXV.On how Our Lord emerged from the virginal womb of his mother and was worshipped and swaddled by her -- LXXXVIII.On how Our Lady went to a city in Egypt, where she stayed for seven years, living in extreme poverty -- LXXXIX.On the joy Our Lady felt when her son began to talk -- XC.On how Our Lady called her husband Joseph to come and hear their son, who had already begun to talk -- XCI.On how Our Lady weaned her beloved son -- XCII.On how Our Lady and Joseph laboured with their hands in order to earn a living, while Our Lord helped them as much as he could -- pt. TWO WOMEN DURING THE APOSTOLIC LIFE OF CHRIST -- CXVII.On how Our Lord, while preaching in Jerusalem, converted the great and noble Lady Magdalene by drawing her towards the love and knowledge of himself -- CXVIII.On how the glorious Magdalene, casting off all her adornments, sincerely regretted her sins -- CXIX.On how the Magdalene came to ask mercy from Our Lord and threw herself at His Majesty's feet -- CXX.On how the Pharisee muttered inwardly and how Our Lord let him know who that singular lady was -- CXXIV.On how Our Lord, passing through Samaria, came to Jacob's Well and there spoke with the Samaritan woman -- CXXV.On how a Canaanite woman came to beg Our Lord to heal her daughter, and on how His Majesty delayed satisfying her request -- CXXVI.Here continues the story of the Canaanite woman and how Our Lord commended her for her great faith, on account of which she deserved to obtain her daughter's return to health -- CXXVIII.On how, while Our Lord was in the temple, a woman taken in sin was introduced to him by the Pharisees and on how he saved her from death -- CXXXVIII.On how Our Lord went on Monday to preach in the temple, where he praised the poor widow's offering, and returned to Bethany in the evening -- pt. THREE AFTER THE DEATH OF CHRIST -- CXCVII.On how those most singular women, namely, our virtuous mother Eve and the glorious Saint Anne, came to kiss Our Lord's hand and how, after Eve had spoken first, they were welcomed by him with great love and gentleness -- CXCIX.On how the holy and most virtuous women, arriving in pairs, worshipped and glorified Our Lord, among whom the courageous Judith praised and extolled His Majesty's great victory -- CC.On how the most prudent Queen Esther thanked Our Lord for his merciful advent, and how she was roundly praised by him for being the prefiguration of his glorious mother; and on how the other women were likewise very warmly received by His Majesty -- CCI.On how Adam and Eve begged Our Lord that he do them the honour of letting them see his Most Holy Body in the manner in which it still remained on the Cross, and on how their request was satisfied -- CCV.On how our mother Eve, having thrown herself at the feet of Our Lady, praised and extolled her with inestimable love, while making an entreaty on behalf of her daughters -- CCVI.On how the glorious Saint Anne begged her holy daughter to draw strength from her suffering, and how the other holy women kissed Our Lady's hands -- CCXLI.On how the three Marys went to the tomb very early in the morning bearing precious ointments with which to anoint the body of Our Lord, and how an angel proclaimed Our Lord's glorious Resurrection to them -- CCXLII.On how the seraphic Magdalene, remaining at the tomb in unending tears and sorrow, earned the right to be comforted by the presence of her beloved master, who made his first appearance to her -- CCXLIII.On how Our Lord appeared a second time to the holy women who were returning from the tomb, which women, by singular privilege, he instructed to proclaim his Resurrection to the Apostles -- CCLXXXIX.On how Our Lord crowned his Most Holy Mother with three most excellent crowns given to her as a worthy empress by the Most Holy Trinity, and how, with inestimable joy, all angels and men gave praise, honour and glory to her -- CCXCI.On the glorious Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God.
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