
Meet the instructor, George Calleja, a christian missionary from Malta who shares his background, faith, and online evangelization journey; this course explores Mary's silence through his book 'her silence'.
Explore my childhood years with Mary and how they shaped my spiritual formation. Reveal how Malta upbringing, family rosaries, and Our Lady of Fatima apparitions committed me to faith.
Reflecting on growing up with Mary, the speaker recalls teenage doubts about who is God, and Mary’s loving intercession strengthens faith and reminds him Jesus loves him.
Explore how Mary's knowledge of silence develops from Old Testament teachings to her life as Jesus' mother, embodying obedience and spiritual formation through scripture.
Mary's silence is shaped by Old Testament quotes, including Psalm 62:1, 62:5, Habakkuk 2:20, and Isaiah 53:7, guiding trust in God and acceptance of suffering.
Explore how Mary embodies silent faith across six NT episodes, from the Annunciation to the Magi, guided by the Holy Spirit.
Explore Mary’s silence and trust in God across key New Testament episodes, from Simeon’s blessing to Pentecost, highlighting faith, obedience, and salvation.
Explore Mary’s silence as obedience to God and her mission as mother of Jesus, and learn to become another Mary through a personal relationship with Mary and the Holy Spirit.
Focus your life on a personal relationship with Mary, and she will lead you to Jesus by embracing the silence she embodies. Be another Mary to help others see Jesus.
There are different talks about Mary that one can listen to or read different books about her. For sure when one gets to know more about Mary, one will get overwhelmed about Mary 'Silence’.
This course intends to help the student deepen the relationship with Mary through ‘Her Silence’ and to discover Mary in one’s life. Through the journey of Mary's life, during this course one will discover Mary's 'Silence’ when being joyful, when being in pain, her silence in doing the will of God. On this journey, imagination will help the student to discover what Mary went through in ‘Her Silence’. Most probably, what Mary went through in ‘Her Silence’, is what any other loving mother or father goes through when being with their children, when caring for and loving their children, in the good times and in the difficult times. While discovering Mary's 'Silence’ during this course, the student will also have the opportunity to discover Jesus in a personal way or deepen that experience which already exists.
The aim of this course ‘Getting to know about Mary’s silence’ attempts to help the student to know and discover the spiritual meaning and interpretation of Mary’s 'Silence’, during the different episodes in scripture as the Mother of Jesus. This course is based on the book ‘Her Silence’ which was published by the instructor in January 2019.