The Virgin Mary was born of righteous husband and wife, Hanna (Anna) and Eyakem (Eliakem). Her parent’s promised to dedicate her to God’s service if God gave them a child. When she was three years old, they brought her to the temple of God according to their promise. The prophet David spoke of this by saying, “O daughter, consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father’s house; for the King desires your beauty.”(Psalm 45:10). David calls her “daughter” because she is his descendant. “The King desires your beauty” means, He loves the beauty of your holiness in body and in thought. She was fed by angels in the temple, and she lived in the temple serving God and praying.
When she was 15 years old, she was engaged to a man named Joseph; but she was not engaged to him for marriage. Joseph was an old man, and he was related to her. She was engaged to him so that he could keep her and protect her. As we have seen in the words of God to Ezekiel, she would remain a virgin all the days of her life. It is the archangel
Gabriel, who announced to her that she would conceive and give birth to Jesus Christ. He greeted her by saying: “Rejoice full of grace, for the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.” (Luke 1:28) After the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary went to visit her relative, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist. When the Virgin Mary visited her, Elizabeth was pregnant. When she heard the voice of the Virgin Mary, she
was filled with the Holy Spirit and the child (John the Baptist) in her womb leaped with joy. Elizabeth said to Mary, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb, why is it granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:41-42) The Virgin Mary was very humble, God chose her to be His mother because of her absolute purity. She knew that God has chosen her to be a cause of salvation, and that the faithful would praise her for this. She said, “Behold, from now on, all generations shall call me blessed, for He, who is mighty has done great things for me.” (Luke 1:48-49) Jesus performed the first miracle recorded in the New Testament at the request of the Virgin Mary. Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the disciples were called to a wedding in a place called Cana of Galilee. The host of the wedding ran out of wine, and seeing their problem, the Virgin Mary told Jesus Christ that they were out of wine. Then she told the servants to do whatever He told them. Jesus told the servants to fill the pots they have with water, and they did. Then he told them to serve the guests from the pot, and when they did, fresh wine came out of each pot. When Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross, the Virgin Mary was under the cross with John the disciple. Our Lord Jesus told her not to cry, and said to her, “Behold your child”, and He said to John, “Behold your mother.” John received the Virgin Mary as his mother on our behalf, and he became her child on our behalf.
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