Miryam
A Meditation
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They stayed a few days more so that both Miryam and the child could be stronger before beginning the long trip back to Nazareth. Joseph had found some temporary work and managed to care for them. She wasn't exactly surprised when he spoke to her now about a name for the child. After all, it was the lawful time for circumcision.
He looked at her, a glint in his eye, a smile, "I have a feeling that you have a name," he said.
Dear Joseph, a young man certainly, but she could already see the beginnings of lines of maturity in his face. Always so quiet, so much in the background, but always seeming to know more than anyone would think.
Yes. She had a name. A recollection, dim though it may be. But it was there. The name had been told to her.
"Jesus," she said, "His name is Jesus."
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This is the story of Mary (Miryam in Aramaic, her native language), the mother of Jesus. It begins with her conceiving the child (The Annunciation), and ends with the end of her time on earth (The Assumption and Coronation). This work is meditation based on scripture that illustrates how things actually might have happened. Some characters appear which are non- scriptural, and some scriptural characters are developed beyond what is said about them in scripture, for example Simon of Cyrene and Anna the prophetess.
This book lets the reader see this story as thoroughly human involving real people. It traces the early development of Christianity and depicts the very active roles played by Mary and many other women in the beginning days of the Church. It is an inspirational work which is a joy to read and can also be used as a basis for personal meditation. It ends with a soliloquy by Miryam which reviews the past of Christianity, and makes some predictions about its future!
About the Author
Michael Capobianco has a Ph.D. in mathematics and has been teaching it on the college level for some forty years. However, literature and writing are his avocations, and he has been writing fiction, poetry, and spiritual works for over twenty years. He has also done a considerable amount of research in Latin American Literature, and has done literary translations mainly from Spanish and Italian. He has several short stories and poems published, and two of his poems have won awards, as has one of his short stories. A collection of five novellas and a children's picture book are currently being considered for publication. In addition to MIRYAM, his is working on two other spiritual works, and has recently started a sixth novella.