What Mark Shea has done in this three volume set [Mary, Mother of the Son<\/em><\/a>] is really quite amazing and it certainly deserves a much wider audience than only Protestants trying to comes to terms with Marian doctrine\u2026. All of my hesitations about a three volume apologetics book set on Mary were dispelled. Mark\u2019s writing is informative and much of it with a smile behind it. \u2026 I think these are great books to read both as an apologetics work and\/or spiritual reading. \u2013 Jeff \u201cCurt Jester<\/a>\u201d Miller<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Who am I to argue? If you don\u2019t get these books, you\u2019ll regret it, Ilsa. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow. But soon, and for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s looking at you, kid: <\/p>\n
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