Böcker av Mary Heyn

Holding the Heart of Humility is a prayerful and thoughtful explanation of what the important gift/virtue of humility is-and is not. It comes from years of experience in learning how to recognize it in Sacred Scripture and in daily life. Its primary focus is on Jesus the Savior, the greatest model of humility. That is why it includes many biblical references.

Lamentation for the Nation is the Old Testament's book of Lamentations reworded in poetry and told in a language that may be applied to the USA today. Judith and the General, also in poetry, is the story of Old Testament Judith, a young widow who, with great courage, achieved what the army of Israel could not by enticing the Assyrian enemy general and killing him, causing an unexpected victory for her people. Fifteen Days with Cephas details what may have occurred when the apostle Paul spent fifteen days with the apostle Peter, as mentioned in Galatians 1:1-18.

Paul in Athens, Corinth and Ephesus is a description of Pauls missionary journeys to those cities, the people he met, and the difficulties he endured. It is based on information in the Bibles Acts of the Apostles, although somewhat fictionalized.

God's Little Friends is a collection of stories about the early lives of favorite Bible characters. It is written in simple poetry.

A Third Year of God-Light is the final book in a series of three meditation books that highlight the Catholic Churchs church year, cycle C. It begins with Advent of 2018 and goes up to Advent of 2019. Each day of the year includes a brief verse or two of that days mass readings, a meditation about that passage, and a closing prayer starter. The title indicates that God brings light and clarity to this world through his word in sacred scripture.

Little David presents the early life of the biblical king David in simple poetry at about a third-grade reading level. It covers his life as a young shepherd boy up to his victory over the giant Philistine solder, Goliath.