"This work offers a doorway into the heart of one of Christianity's greatest mysteries - the mystery of Mary-and there is no better spiritual guide through that door than Adrienne von Speyr. She is a grand spiritual master of the practice of Lectio Divina and a beneficiary of its fruits. Handmaid of the Lord is Lectio Divina par excellence. It reveals the sheer beauty of Marian contemplation like no masterpiece of temporal art or music ever could; hence its status as a spiritual classic. p>As I pondered a facet of Mary with Adrienne, I found that I understood more and more about myself and what it is to be a child of God. I experienced encounters with grace that seemed so real to my mind and soul, that I felt as though I was actually receiving a showering from the very hands of Our Lady of Grace. I continue to visit this spiritual masterwork as if returning home, as it were, to visit my Mother." -- Kris McGregor , Founder, Discerning Hearts, From the Foreword "Adrienne von Speyr is one of the greatest mystics of the 20th century.

Her insights into the Bible offer a treasure-trove of wisdom in an age of rabid historical-criticism, and her Trinitarian and Marian approach to theological topics counters the spirit of modernism that plagues our times." --Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC , Author, Champions of the Rosary.