Mary: The Perfect Woman, by Emily Mary Shapcote

• Prefatory Material

• I. The Incarnation
  • Perfecta Mea
  • Argument
  • Prologue
  • I. Invocation
  • II. The Second Eve
  • III. The Hierarchy
  • IV. The World's Salvation
  • V. Annunciation
  • VI. Visitation
  • VII. The Nativity
  • VIII. Colloquy between Jesus and Mary
  • IX. Coming in of the Gentiles
  • X. Mary foreshadowed
  • XI. The Crystal
  • XII. The Dewdrop
  • XIII. The Rainbow
  • XIV. The Circumcision
• II. Condign Satisfaction
  • XV. The Ransom
  • XVI. The New Thing: No. 1
  • XVII. The New Thing: No. 2
  • XVIII. Saint Joseph
  • XIX. The Lily and its Six Virtues
  • XX. Dual-Unity
  • XXI. Immaculate Conception
  • XXII. The Chalice
  • XXIII. The Sword
• III. Cause of the Flight
  • XXIV. The Star
  • XXV. The Magi
  • XXVI. Creation of Light
  • XXVII. Lost Light
  • XXVIII. Sin in its first conception
  • XXIX. The Rage of the Heathen
  • XXX. Light and Darkness
  • XXXI. Sin in the Flesh
  • XXXII. The Serpent's Doom
  • XXXIII. On the Watch
• IV. The Flight into Egypt
  • XXXIV. Interlude: Prayer to our Lady
  • XXXV. Our Lady's Petition
  • XXXVI. Saint Joseph's Prayer
  • XXXVII. Dream of the Infant Jesus
  • XXXVIII. The Robbers' Cave
  • XXXIX. Union of Wills
  • XL. The Might of Intercession
  • XLI. The Key of Intercession
• V. Egypt
  • XLII. The Foot of the Woman
  • XLIII. The Cradle of the Saints
  • XLIV. The Sibyl
  • XLV. The Sibyls' Testimony: No. 1
  • XLVI. The Sibyls' Testimony: No. 2
  • XLVII. Morning Glow
• VI. Nazareth
  • XLVIII. The Mother's Mission
  • XLIX. Mary learns to Command
  • L. Paradise
  • LI. Education
  • LII. Pleasure and Pain
  • LIII. The School of Suffering
  • LIV. Spiritual growth
  • LV. Jesus in the Temple
  • LVI. Mary's Authority
  • LVII. The Subjection of Jesus
  • LVIII. Saint Joseph's Mission ended
  • LIX. Death of Saint Joseph
• VII. Limbo
  • LX. Saint Joseph's Reception in Limbo
  • LXI. The Message
  • LXII. Eve
  • LXIII. Eve's Consolers
  • LXIV. Eve's Confession
  • LXV. Eve's Desolation
  • LXVI. Twilight in Limbo
  • LXVII. Eve's Daughter

• I. The Ministry
  • Argument
  • Prologue
  • LXVIII. Obedience and Humility
  • LXIX. Eternal Wisdom and Obedience
  • LXX. The Will of God
  • LXXI. Self-Will
  • LXXII. Man and Woman
  • LXXIII. Woman Dethroned
  • LXXIV. Tyranny
  • LXXV. Disorder Creates Law
  • LXXVI. Light in Darkness
  • LXXVII. Homeless
  • LXXVIII. The Valiant Woman
  • LXXIX. Contemplation
  • LXXX. Union
  • LXXXI. Mother of God
  • LXXXII. Woman's Strength
  • LXXXIII. The Marriage Feast: No. I.
  • LXXXIV. The Marriage Feast: No. II.
  • LXXXV. The Marriage Feast: No. III.
  • LXXXVI. The Marriage Feast: No. IV.
  • LXXXVII. The Sword
  • LXXXVIII. Ill Success
  • LXXXIX. Unbelief and Blasphemy
  • XC. The Kinsfolk of Jesus
  • XCI. The Law of the Kingdom
  • XCII. Womanhood
  • XCIII. The Victims
  • XCIV. The Silence of Mary
  • XCV. The Permission of Mary
  • XCVI. 'Mulier Fortis'
  • XCVII. The Tears of Mary
  • XCVIII. Mary Magdalen
  • XCIX. Hosanna
  • C. The Words of Mary
• II Compassion.
  • CI. Mary's Agony
  • CII. The Vision of the Garden
  • CIII. The Vision of the Judgment
  • CIV. Jew and Gentile
  • CV. Via Crucis
  • CVI. The Triumph of Failure
  • CVII. Calvary
  • CVIII. Saved
  • CIX. The last Testament of Jesus
  • CX. Dereliction
  • CXI. Consummatum est
  • CXII. Death on the Cross
  • CXIII. In Limbo
  • CXIV. In Limbo with Jesus
• III. Risen Life
  • CXV. Ecstasy
  • CXVI. From Death to Life
  • CXVII. Mary's Hymn
  • CXVIII. Glorified Humanity
  • CXIX. Separation
  • CXX. Ascended
  • CXXI. Descent of the Holy Ghost
  • CXXII. The Death Slumber
  • CXXIII. Assumed
  • CXXIV. Crowned

• Kingdom and Queenship
  • Argument
  • Prologue
  • CXXV. Justice and Mercy
  • CXXVI. The Chosen People
  • CXXVII. Witnesses
  • CXXVIII. The Battle-Field
  • CXXIX. The Enemy
  • CXXX. Vision
  • CXXXI. The Church Triumphant
  • CXXXII. The Centre of Unity
  • CXXXIII. Communion of Saints
  • CXXXIV. Thy Kingdom Come
  • CXXXV. Vengeance of the Lamb
  • CXXXVI. Hope and Struggle
  • CXXXVII. False Worship
  • CXXXVIII. Worship of the Church
  • CXXXIX. Sceptre of Orthodoxy
  • CXL. Theotokos
  • CXLI. Mary's Jubilee
  • CXLII. Mater Admirabilis
  • CXLIII. Worship of Saints
  • CXLIV. Praise
  • CXLV. The Cause Reversed
  • CXLVI. Glorified Humanity
  • CXLVII. The Church's Jubilee
  • CXLVIII. Our Model
  • CXLIX. Prayer and Praise
  • CL. The Voice of the Beloved

• Beata Pacis Visio
• Epilogue
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• The text of these files are taken from the book Mary: The Perfect Woman by Emily Mary Shapcote. It has the sub-title One Hundred and Fifty Rhythms in Honor of the Mystical Life of Our Lady. The edition used has a preface by Cardinal Herbert Vaughn, and was published by The Dolphin Press in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904.
• It has the Imprimatur of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 December 1904.
• The cover image is a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, date and artist unknown. The statue is in the Corpus Domini church in Milan, Italy, was photographed on 27 July 2014 by Maurizio OM Ongaro, and the image was swiped from Wikimedia Commons.