Blessed Are You Who Believed

by Carlo Carretto

This work is a meditation on the author's redicovery of the love for Mary, the mother of Jesus. Carlo Carretto's own renewal of devotion began during his long period in the desert, living among the Little Brothers of Charles de Foucauld. The fate of on particular Tuareg girl opened his eyes to the real life that Mary lived in Nazareth. Her position there, the subject of neighbours' puritanical scrutiny, Carretto follows here as, with exhaustion in her heart, she revisited her cousin Elizabeth, for it was Elizabeth who said to her after hearing her relate her story, Blessed are you who believed.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Hiếu Nguyễn]

Bản Tiếng Việt là: Maria - Thầy Dạy Đức Tin

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carlo Carretto is a modern Desert Father. As a Protestant reading about his musics on the Magnificat and Mary's experience of Jesus' life, I felt I had been given a window into the Catholic church's esteem of Mary. I'm not sure if this translation is a little rough or if Carretto's writing itself is a little stilted.

Carretto's writing moves from his sojourn in the desert, interacting with nomads, to a firsthand imaginative account of Mary's experiences. The book ends with a weeklong daily devotional as a way to reflect on his storytelling.