 The Wondrous Childhood of the Most Holy Mother of God by St. John Eudes |
St. John Eudes lived in France in the 17th Century. He was a missionary who founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, the Society of the Heart of the Mother Most Admirable, and, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge.
The Sisters were dedicated to providing a safe place for prostitutes who wished to convert from their ways and do penance, which shows St. John Eudes’ affinity for the salvation of young women. His book, The Wondrous Childhood of the Most Holy Mother of God, examines the early life of Mary, from her Immaculate Conception, to her upbringing by Sts. Joachim and Anne (whose combined feast was celebrated yesterday), to when she accepted her role in God’s plan for the salvation of the world.
St. John Eudes intended to use the book as a means of educating the girls and young women of his time on how to live a life of true womanly virtue in the ultimate example of the Virgin Mary. With modesty and purity heading out the window nowadays, led astray by immoral role models in the media, it is time for the original Madonna to make a comeback.
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