Historical Mary Our Mother1 (Part One)

Historical Mary Our Mother(Part 1) : 

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Mary Our Mother : 

Mary Our Mother "...she is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God...it is certain that Mary is the Mother of the real and true God." Martin Luther

Joachim & Anne, are Mary’s Parents : 

Joachim & Anne, are Mary’s Parents According to legend, Joachim & Anne had no children and were beyond child bearing age. They were publicly reproached, for childlessness was considered among the Jews a sign of God's disfavor. According to legend, Joachim went into the desert to fast. Anne, sitting beneath a laurel tree, poured out her heart in prayer. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by, and said to her, "Anne, God has heard thy prayer; thou shall conceive and bear a child, and thy fruit shall be honored throughout the whole inhabited earth."

Who Is The Blessed Virgin Mary? : 

Who Is The Blessed Virgin Mary? She was a Jewish girl. The daughter of Joachim and Anne. She came to the attention of the world through the remarkable earthly life of her Son, Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Immaculate Conception Dec. 8th : 

Immaculate Conception Dec. 8th In the seventh century the church observed the feast of Mary’s Immaculate Conception. At that time it was celebrated in the Roman rite as the feast of the Immaculate Conception but in the Eastern Church it is celebrated under the title "Conception of St. Anne."

November 21 : 

November 21 Is the feast of the Presentation of Mary at the Temple. Legend has it that Mary was pledged to service in the Temple by her parents when the angel visited Anne before Mary’s conception. She entered the Temple at 3 and left at the age of 13.

She Left The Temple : 

She Left The Temple She was sent home by the Temple priests to be betrothed to Joseph, a Nazarean carpenter. She probably lived the humble life of a Jewish wife and peasant in Roman-occupied Palestine.

Mary Was Involved In Jesus’ Life : 

Mary Was Involved In Jesus’ Life She cared for Him as an infant (Matthew 1:18 - 2:23); She looked for Him in the Temple when she thought He was lost (Luke 2:41-49) She cared for Him through adolescence (Luke 2:51-52) She interceded with Him at the wedding at Cana (John 2:2-5); She worried about Him as He began His ministry (John 2:12) She was at His cross when He was crucified (John 19:25-26); She prayed with the other followers of Jesus after His ascension (Acts 1:14).

Matthew 1:23 : 

Matthew 1:23 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” Matthew directly quotes from Isaiah 7:14

In Luke’s Acts of the Apostles He Tells Us Of Mary’s Presence At Pentecost : 

In Luke’s Acts of the Apostles He Tells Us Of Mary’s Presence At Pentecost 1:13 When they entered the city they went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14 All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

John’s Gospel Places Mary At The Beginning & At The End Of Jesus Public Ministry : 

John’s Gospel Places Mary At The Beginning & At The End Of Jesus Public Ministry 2:3 When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala Mary was always on the scene at important times.

The Early Church : 

The Early Church In the early centuries of the Church history, the concentration was on the person of Christ. Except for the Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.), which declared Mary to be the Mother of God

September 8th : 

September 8th Since the sixth century the church has always celebrated the Nativity/Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8th.

The Feast of the Assumption of Mary August 15 : 

The Feast of the Assumption of Mary August 15 By the fifth century, August fifteenth was kept at Jerusalem as the Commemoration of the Mother of God. In the sixth century the feast of Mary's Falling Asleep spread throughout the East. Finally, in the eighth century the day was celebrated as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Queenship of Mary - August 22 : 

The Queenship of Mary - August 22 THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY, observed on the octave (8th) day of the Assumption. This is also the fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary. Mary's title of "Queen" or an equivalent form like "Our Lady," is one of her earliest titles. During apostolic times there is a suggestion of Mary’s Queenship in Elizabeth's salutation the "Mother of My Lord" (Lk 1:43).

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