Catholic Fairytales: Stories of Faith, Hope & Love
Introduce your children to the virtues of faith, hope, and love with Josephine Nobisso's trilogy of captivating tales. "The Weight of the Mass" illustrates the profound significance of the Mass, "Take It to the Queen" highlights Mary's role and virtues, and "Portrait of the Son" reveals God's redemptive plan. Each book features exquisite artwork, offering a meaningful addition to any Catholic child's library.
The Weight of the Mass
The Weight of the Mass
When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes “One Mass” on a scrap of paper and places it on his scale to determine how much bread it is worth. To his and the entire town’s surprise, nothing in the shop, not even the gigantic wedding cakes made for the king, outweighs the simple piece of paper representing the true worth of a mass. Luminous old-world watercolor paintings grace the interior of the book and gold foil artwork lends an air of solemnity and sacred beauty to the story.
Take It To The Queen - A Tale of Hope
With exquisite artwork and evocative text, this original fable explores the events of Jesus' life, and demonstrates the role of the Virgin Mary as the benevolent agent of God's people. Reduced to desolation by a king and prince who feel they have been wronged, the residents of a once-favored village must seek help from the queen, a native of their devastated town. Religious subjects are presented clearly in an allegorical style that proves entertaining, and also serves to provide children with examples of virtue and good behavior.
Portrait of the Son - A Tale of Love
In this remarkable and meaningful children's book, the richest man in the world, with the most varied and treasured art collection in existence, begets the most wonderful son who, like himself, loves and appreciates each creation they possess. Under the father’s solicitous eye, and with their motherly estate keeper’s assistance, the exceptional son grows in wisdom and stature, extending his wealth to whomever wants it. What becomes of this son? And what later becomes of the treasures when the father offers them at auction? What superlative will be the most superlative of all? The underlying story illuminates God's redemptive plan as a profound return of all things to the order for which God created them.
Printed on the front and back underflaps are some insights into the deep theological underpinnings of the art and text of this long-awaited third volume in a trilogy touching on the virtues of faith, hope, and love. What began with THE WEIGHT OF A MASS, A Tale of Faith, and TAKE IT TO THE QUEEN, A Tale of Hope is taken up here, for the true protagonists are the Persons of the Holy Trinity, the seen and unseen world of Creation, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A must-have for your book collection and the perfect gift for any Catholic child on any occasion, especially sacramental days.
- Teach children the importance of the Mass for the Catholic Church
- Luminous old-world watercolor paintings grace the interior of the book and gold foil artwork adds elegance
- The tale of a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker
- Take It to the Queen, a Tale of Hope.
- Explores the events of Jesus' life, and demonstrates the role of the Virgin Mary as the benevolent agent of God's people
- Serves to provide children with examples of virtue and good behavior.
- Third book in the gorgeous series
- Remarkable, meaningful and formative
- Teaches children the immense lessons of our Faith
- Love between the Father & Son and the story of redemption
- Wonderful addition to your family library and a perfect gift for Catholic children
The Weight of the Mass
When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes “One Mass” on a scrap of paper and places it on his scale to determine how much bread it is worth. To his and the entire town’s surprise, nothing in the shop, not even the gigantic wedding cakes made for the king, outweighs the simple piece of paper representing the true worth of a mass. Luminous old-world watercolor paintings grace the interior of the book and gold foil artwork lends an air of solemnity and sacred beauty to the story.
Take It To The Queen - A Tale of Hope
With exquisite artwork and evocative text, this original fable explores the events of Jesus' life, and demonstrates the role of the Virgin Mary as the benevolent agent of God's people. Reduced to desolation by a king and prince who feel they have been wronged, the residents of a once-favored village must seek help from the queen, a native of their devastated town. Religious subjects are presented clearly in an allegorical style that proves entertaining, and also serves to provide children with examples of virtue and good behavior.
Portrait of the Son - A Tale of Love
In this remarkable and meaningful children's book, the richest man in the world, with the most varied and treasured art collection in existence, begets the most wonderful son who, like himself, loves and appreciates each creation they possess. Under the father’s solicitous eye, and with their motherly estate keeper’s assistance, the exceptional son grows in wisdom and stature, extending his wealth to whomever wants it. What becomes of this son? And what later becomes of the treasures when the father offers them at auction? What superlative will be the most superlative of all? The underlying story illuminates God's redemptive plan as a profound return of all things to the order for which God created them.
Printed on the front and back underflaps are some insights into the deep theological underpinnings of the art and text of this long-awaited third volume in a trilogy touching on the virtues of faith, hope, and love. What began with THE WEIGHT OF A MASS, A Tale of Faith, and TAKE IT TO THE QUEEN, A Tale of Hope is taken up here, for the true protagonists are the Persons of the Holy Trinity, the seen and unseen world of Creation, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A must-have for your book collection and the perfect gift for any Catholic child on any occasion, especially sacramental days.
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