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“This book presents her special connection with the Lord. Many events are uplifting moments that she believes to be miracles or direct communication from Jesus.”
–Kirkus Reviews

“The number seven is believed to be God’s perfect number, representing completion. Mary Johnson believes that being the seventh daughter in her family has given her special connection to the divine.”
–BlueInk Review

Can Miracles Really Happen? Can Faith Really Guide Our Lives? Is There A Higher Power?

Mary Alicia Guillory-Johnson can attest, unequivocally a yes to all of the above. The minister, counselor, and former local TV host shares her personal stories and insights in a unique new book, Mary the Seventh Girl: Extraordinary Miracles in an Ordinary Life.

Mary, a mother of three full-grown children, has spent three decades teaching religious education, including 10 as a religious education director. For 35 years she has been a lecturer and a Eucharistic Minister. She was certified as a licensed counselor from the University of Texas, is board certified in anger management (CAI), and is certified in domestic violence and death and loss. For four years, Mary hosted a TV show on Houston Public Access called Alicia’s Eyes, which put a spotlight on positive events involving students K-12. Mary practices her faith – Catholicism – in Houston, Texas.

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The physical representation – the glyph or pictogram – of each letter has evolved over centuries. For example, the “Aleph” was represented by the head of an ox; the “Guimel,” by a camel; and the “Noun,” by a fish, which later became a snake. The adaptation of each pictogram(s) was in successive steps according to the evolution of mankind with each change in form being a modification of the prior one. While the energy of the letter remained constant, the pictogram adjusted to what was suitable for the time. Thus, the shape of the letters we know today – and the ones I use in my painting – are only a few centuries old.

My intention in THE SEVENTH DAY was to create a painting, as I am frequently doing, using multiple imagery. Each of my three images is the chosen symbol for the Hebrew letters – “Shin,” “Beit,” and “Tav” – composing the Hebrew word, “SHaBaT.” “Shin,” represented by a tooth, is, also, the fire of the universe, the sacred fire. It is here the fire in my fireplace. “Beit” represents a house. It is the periphery of the circle in which each of us is the center. So, by extention, it is the universe itself. . . as well as the birdhouse across the street from my home. “Tav” is a cross, an X. It is the cross that delimits in a given year the four seasons. It is the four elements, the four cardinal points. It is, also, the crossbars of my stretcher.

“SHaBaT” is a specific moment. It is an opportunity that was given to man to become one with his creator. Looking at everything around us with different eyes, with a spiritual prospective, makes us, enables us to see its beauty and its connectivity. To convey this, I wanted this painting to be like a rebus. I gave to it a very personal, playful and a very human connotation without diminishing the sacred sense of what “SHaBaT” stands for.

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