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Virgin Mary
Mary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the “Virgin Mary,”. She was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of Joachim and Ann. In the Catholic faith, her feast day is celebrated on September 8.
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Why did Our Lady of Guadalupe choose a rose?
Juan Diego told Bishop Zumarraga to request a sign from the Virgin Mary to prove who she was. Although the sign requested was never revealed, it is thought that he had requested flowers as it was nearly winter and flowers, especially roses, would not be in bloom at that time.
Was Mary afraid to be the mother of Jesus?
She must have been terrified. She was very young. To be pregnant out of wedlock in first century jerusalem was punishable by death from stoning. But God doesn't make mistakes. He knew Mary would be strong and be able to deal with the role He had chosen for her.
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AnswerNo, the only thing that we know for sure is that she was puzzled, even though very young, she obviously knew how babies came about and she also knew that she was a virgin and not capable of having a baby because of that, so her only question to the angel was "How shall this be done, because I know not man?" (Douay-Rheims translation, St. Luke 1:34). When the angel explains, then Our Blessed Lady immediately, without any hesitation or fear says: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word." (St. Luke 1:38)Who was responsible for promoting the picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help?
The Redemporist Order was responsible for promoting the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, from the Al. Alphonsus Parish website:
After three years of prayer, the Redemptorists decided to ask that the picture be brought back to Rome. When they told Pope Pius that it was Mary's own wish that she be enshrined between St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran - where the Church of St. Alphonsus now stood - the Pope immediately commanded the return of the painting. Flowers and banners greeted Our Mother of Perpetual Help on April 26, 1886, and miracles attended her procession - including the cure of a four-year-old boy suffering from a brain illness. After 75 years, Our Mother of Perpetual Help had finally returned home.
But Pius IX didn't give the picture to the Redemptorists as a gift. He gave it to them as a mission. He told them, "Make Our Mother of Perpetual Help known throughout the world." The Redemptorists embraced this command wholeheartedly by distributing reproductions of her picture and talking about her in missions and homilies around the world.
Their efforts yielded impressive results. By the turn of the century, 1.8 million Spaniards belonged to the Archconfraternity of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, ten thousand shrines and altars were dedicated to her in France, and devotions in her honor were observed in several thousand churches all over America. These services, or novenas, of Our Mother of Perpetual Help drew thousands of people. Churches in St. Louis, New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago, and Boston had to hold eight or ten services a day to accommodate everyone who wanted to honor Mary and in New York, the service was even broadcast over the radio.
In which church will you find a statue of The Virgin Mary?
You would find a statue of the Virgin in a Roman Catholic Church.
What is the importance of Our Lady Of Guadalupe?
In those who devote to the Our Lady of Guadalupe, she is very important to Mexican Indians because she revealed the equal dignity of human person between Spaniards and Indians.Showing the images of her, it reveals that the Virgin Mary in the face of mestiza characterize the victory against pagan religion at their time.
Who is Mary the Blessed Virgin?
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the woman whom God chose to bear His Son, Jesus.
Though many different things are taught about her, Christians all belive the above statement.
Mary was a young woman from the town of Nazareth in Galilee who was asked by God to become the mother of His son, Jesus.
How was the Blessed Virgin Mary an apostle?
Mary was not an apostle, as the term designates a specific office of priesthood authority. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was created by Jesus Christ as the foundation upon which his church would be administered and directed. The following individuals first held the apostolic authority as given to them from Jesus Christ: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot. After the death of Judas Iscariot following his betrayal of the Savior, the remaining apostles restored the quorum to twelve members with the selection of Matthias.
Pursuing their Christ-directed admonishment to take His Word to all the world, the apostles separated after the Lord's ascension and their efforts were met with success and persecution. Ultimately, each apostle perished. The quorum of the apostolic office could not and was not reconstituted. The last recognized individual to have held this office was Paul who was called to the ministry by the resurrected Christ.
Though not an apostle, Mary was certainly a disciple of Jesus Christ and, perhaps, the most exemplary among their number. The term "disciple" is not a formal priesthood office, but rather reflects profound individual devotion and commitment. If the Virgin Mary is to be regarded as an apostle, it is used symbolically to represent her unparalleled discipleship to the Son of God.
Did Mary claim glory for herself or God in the Magnificat?
The first two verses make it clear that Mary is seeking to magnify or lift up the Lord not herself. Her joy is in God and not herself, and her humility leads her to rightly give God the glory for all that happened to her. This also leads her to praise God for His acts of love and mercy towards His chosen people. The fact that all generations would call her blessed is not the result of anything that she did or merited, but God's gracious act.
46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
What are the spaces in a rosary?
The spaces in a rosary have nothing to do with prayer or religious purposes. They might just be there either because of a mistake made or it could be just the style of rosary.
Of course, it could be one of those things that just happens by mistake but is something monumental. If you think about it, it could represent out personal flaws or sin.
How many believe in Mary mother of God?
What do Jews believe about Mary's pregnancy and whose child do they think Jesus is?
Jewish people believe Jesus is the son of Joseph, and was a product of sexual relations between Mary and Joseph.
They believe Jesus was a wise man and a prophet.
Jewish answer:
Jews have very little to say about Jesus. It's not a topic of conversation or study among us. If pressed, a Jew will answer as stated above, that Jesus was conceived and born in the usual manner; a regular human being.
Jews do not believe that Jesus was a prophet. Our tradition is that prophecy ceased around 340 years before that time.
Did any other female biblical character sing the Magnificat other than Mary?
She didn't sing it, she spoke it, and probably in Aramaic. The music was inspired by the passage.
No. The Biblical words referred to as the Magnificat apply only to those spoken by Mary upon being told that she had been chosen to bear the son of God. There is a similar passage, from Anna in the temple when she had seen the infant Saviour but this is not the 'Magnificat'.
What does the black ribbon stands for of the Virgin Mary?
In the Aztec tradition, pregnant women wore a black ribbon, belt or sash to indicate their condition. Mary appears as the Virgin of Guadaluoe wearing the black ribbon.
How old was the virgin Mary when she conceived?
About 15-16
(Added this is an American Protestant viewpoint. Other Christian religions place Mary's age higher. Some teach the age was as high as 24. For example the Oriental Orthodoxy teaches that Mary spent 8 to 10 years in devotion to God in something similar to a convent of today. This devotion was made prior to her marriage to Joseph but after she reached the age she became fertile. Thus they believe Mary had to be at least 22 before she gave birth).
Was Jesus really the son of God or did Mary just cheat on Joseph and used that excuse as a cover up?
Not only was Our Blessed Lord the natural Son of God, but this has been proven beyond any possible doubt through the Scriptures alone. There were literally hundreds of direct prophecies of the Messiah all throughout the Old Testament Scriptures, for every single one of them to be fulfilled exactly is so improbably that I believe the odds would be astronomical like 1 out of several trillion or some otherwise ridiculous number.
There are dozens and dozens or prophecies concerning the virgin birth, again all fulfilled, and every single thing in the Scriptures agrees. Furthermore, the Church, which is the Body of Christ, and is incapable of misleading anyone in doctrine - Our Blessed Lord, Himself, guaranteed that it would teach "all truth" until the end of the world, has consistently, since day one, maintained that the Blessed Virgin Mary was a Virgin BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the birth of Our Blessed Lord. This has been defined dogma of the Church and has been believed since the very first century.
To maintain that the Mother of God had "relations" with anyone, ever, is a slur of the very worst kind against the Mother of God, and of His Church, and against Our Blessed Lord Himself, and is a dreadful heretical statement that no self-respecting Christian would let stand for a minute.
I live in the southern United States, there is no worst insult that you can give to a boy or a man here than to say something disrespectful about his mother. As terrible an insult as that can be in Georgia or the Carolinas, it would be nothing compared to making such an insult against God, Himself, and the woman that He chose from all eternity as His Spouse, and Mother.
Under normal circumstances, I would not give this question the dignity of an answer, but in this day and age, people just do not understand how grave an insult this is not only to God, but to any believing Christian, so I thought that I should address it just so that you realize how gravely insulting such an insinuation is. And how unforgivable it is to say such a thing about the Mother of our Blessed Savior.
Which apostle took the Virgin Mary into his home and cared for her as his own mother?
St. John cared for Mary after the crucifixion of Our Lord.
Who are the children or sons of the Virgin Mary?
Mary had but one child - Jesus. Those listed in scripture as being 'brothers and sister' of Christ were actualy cousins.
Where was Our Lady of Guadalupe born?
There is no evidence that Our Lady of Guadalupe was an actual person, but she might have been an image that formed on a poor Mexican peasant's cloak.
Some historians consider that the sixteenth-century Spaniards created the legend of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a Christianised version of the local goddess Tonantzin, with the supposed purpose to encourage the conversion of the indigenous population of early Mexico. Others believe the virgin, Our Lady of Guadalupe was based on Coatlicue, the Aztec mother goddess.
According to the Guadalupe tradition, a poor Indian named Juan Diego saw a vision of the Virgin Mary on 9 December 1531, at the place in Tepeyac where there had been a temple of Tonantzin, 'Mother of the Gods'. She asked him to have a chapel built there in her honour. The bishop at first rebuffed Diego, but at the fourth apparition the Virgin instructed him to pick the flowers growing unseasonally on the hill at Tepeyac, fill his cactus fibre mantle with them and go to the bishop. When he opened his cape and the flowers fell out, a miraculous likeness of the Virgin Mary was found imprinted upon it. The bishop was convinced and the chapel was built.
Only in 1648 was a book about the vision and the image written by a priest named Miguel Sanchez. Whether the legend even existed very much prior to 1648 is a matter of speculation, but suddenly everyone knew about the Tepeyac image.
So, we could place Our Lady of Guadalupe in (1) Mexico, where the story was possibly first created in 1648; (2) again in Mexico, where the image appeared in 1531; (3) first-century-BCE Palestine, where the Virgin Mary was born; or (4) such time and place as either Tonantzin or Coatlicue was born.
For more information, please see: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
I'm not quite sure if it's documented as a bad omen, but it sounds like bad luck. Even if you are atheist it would be bad luck; it would either be an earthquake or two people were trying to rob your home.
Was Jesus' mother Mary a Samaritan?
The gospels say that Joseph and Mary were Jews, not Samaritans.
Did the holy spirit impregnate Mary?
Yes. Mary is the Spouse Of the Holy Spirit, because she Conceived the Eternal Son Of God, by the Power Of the Holy Spirit.
Was the Virgin Mary married before getting pregnant?
No the bible says Mary got pregnant before she married Joseph.
