Scott Hahn, The Imitation of Mary, and Miracle Maker

[Jonathan Aquino]

I was attending a talk by Dr. Robert Stackpole on The Divine Mercy, and he mentioned three books/movies that look quite interesting:

• Scott Hahn's A Father Who Keeps His Promises. I read an excerpt from the first chapter on Amazon and it's quite the page turner.
• Thomas à Kempis's lesser-known book "The Imitation of Mary". Unfortunately I cannot find this text online for download.
• Miracle Maker (DVD). Dr. Stackpole tells his students that this is the greatest movie about the gospels of all time. What he doesn't tell them is that it's claymation. Evidently it has some scenes that are quite moving.

Speaking of Divine Mercy, St. Faustina's diary is available online. I have downloaded it to my mobile device. I've only begun to read it, but am finding that it's engagingly written:

Once I was at a dance [probably in Lodz] with one of my sisters. While everybody was having a good time, my soul was experiencing deep torments. As I began to dance. I suddenly saw Jesus at my side, Jesus racked with pain, stripped of His clothing, all covered with wounds, who spoke these words to me: How long shall I put up with you and how long will you keep putting Me off? At that moment the charming music stopped, [and] the company I was with vanished from my sight; there remained Jesus and I. I took a seat by my dear sister, pretending to have a headache in order to cover up what took place in my soul. After a while I slipped out unnoticed, leaving my sister and all my companions behind and made my way to the Cathedral of Saint Stanislaus Kostka.