I’m planning to get an early start on Advent with this new six-week scripture study on Jesus’s early years through the eyes of Mary and other 
women in his life. What a great idea Gaze Upon Jesus is! It comes from Women in the New Evangelization, for whom I’m privileged to write occasionally. The opening pages of the book are comprised of gorgeous color paintings of the Annunciation, Visitation and more from the Vatican Museums to help put yourself in the setting. In the introduction, the editor and WINE founder, Kelly Wahlquist, invites the reader to ask: “How am I being called to gaze upon Jesus like the women in the Bible? In what ways can I allow the gaze of Christ to penetrate my soul and transform my life?” Challenging questions indeed.
