Table of Contents
Preface William Hart McNichols 9
Introduction Mirabai Starr 13
1 Mother of God Similar to Fire 18
2 Mother of God of Akita, Our Lady of the Snows 20
3 Mary Most Holy Mother of All Nations 22
4 Our Lady of the Apocalypse 24
5 Nuestra Señora de las Nieves 26
6 Ave Maris Stella (Star of the Sea) 28
7 Black Madonna, Your Lap Has Become the Holy Table 30
8 Mother of God, Cenacle of the New Pentecost 32
9 The Andronicus Icon of the Mother of God, Consoler of Women 34
10 Mother of God, She Who Hears the Cries of the World 36
11 Nuestra Señora de los Dolores 38
12 The Dormition of the Mother of God 40
13 Mount Sinai Theotokos, the Burning Bush 42
14 Mother of Fairest Love 44
15 Umelenie, Holy Mother of God, Joy of All Joys 46
16 The Holy Protection of the Mother of God 48
17 Mother of the Incarnate Word 50
18 Our Lady of Kazan 52
19 In Kibeho, Mother of the Word 54
20 La Morenita de Montserrat 56
21 La Sagrada Familia 58
22 Our Lady of the Lake 60
23 Mother of God, Life-Giving Spring 62
24 Mother of God, Light in All Darkness 64
25 Our Lady of Loreto 66
26 Madonna della Strada 68
27 Mother of God of Magadan 70
28 Our Lady of Medjugorje, the Burning Bush 72
29 Mother of God, Mystical Rose 74
30 Mother and Child of Kibeho 76
31 Our Lady of the New Advent, Burning Bush 78
32 Our Lady of the New Advent, Gate of Heaven 80
33 Nuestra Señora de las Sandias 82
34 Nursing Icon of the Mother of God 84
35 Mother of God Overshadowed by the Holy Spirit 86
36 The Petrovskya Icon of the Mother of God 88
37 Our Lady of Pochaev 90
38 Mary of the Magnificat, Mother of the Poor 92
39 Mother of God Rejoicing 94
40 The Shrine of Saint Anne 96
41 Mother of God, Seeker after the Lost 98
42 Mother of God, Soothe My Sorrows 100
43 Mother of God, Stone Broke Loose from the Mountain 102
44 The Three-Handed Icon of the Mother of God 104
45 Mother of God Vatopedi 106
46 Virgin of Tenderness of Yaroslavl 108
47 Mother of God, Virgin of the Don 110
48 Our Lady of Grace, Vladimir 112
49 The Woman Clothed with the Sun 114
50 The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart 116
51 The Risen Christ Appears to His Mother 118
Notes on the Icons by William Hart McNichols 121
