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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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The month of May is devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
== == One may also be assigned a certain number of repitions of the Hail Mary to say after confession for penance.
Since the Hail Mary is a prayer, it can be recited in private at any time and is part of many devotions. Publicly, it is often reserved for before special events, during the Rosary, to ask for a grace, at the reception of a special grace, in times of good and evil, before death, after low mass, etc.
Who were the parents of Virgin Mary?
Roman Catholics believe that her parents were St. Joachim and St. Anne.
Explain the doctrine that Mary was a Virgin for life?
Mary is the only woman who had a child while still a virgin. She never had intercourse with any man not even Joseph.
Who witnessed the ascension of Mary to heaven?
The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory."[1] This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950, in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus by exercising papal infallibility. We have no eye witness accounts to the event, all that has come down to us is that shortly after her dormition her tomb was found empty.
What did Saint Mary do for a living?
There are dozens and dozens of saints named Marie, Maria or Mary. You will need to be specific.
What is the meaning of showing the Virgin Mary image in some places?
It is meant to show honor to Mary.
Who was the Virgin Mary's mother?
St. Anne was, according to Catholic Tradition, the mother of the Blessed virgin Mary.
Saint Anne.
Did Mary the Mother of Jesus have children for Zebedee?
No, Mary the mother of Jesus did not have any children by anyone except Joseph and of course God as God was the Father of Jesus.
Catholic Answer:
2000 years of catholic tradition and doctrine state that Mary had but one child - Jesus Christ. No one question this until the Protestant Revolt started by Martin Luther in the 16th century when he revised and edited the Bible to suit his own beliefs. Brothers and sisters mentioned in the Bible were other close relatives, such as cousins. Neither Hebrew nor Aramaic has a word for cousin. They were simply known as brethren - brothers and sisters.
Where are images of Mary the Immaculate Conception?
According to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Immaculate Conception is when the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother's womb, and she was kept free of original sin to anticipate Jesus Christ. Images of Mary the Immaculate Conception can be found in many books or by searching your internet browser.
Why did the Virgin Mary cry blood?
she cries blood for the sorrow for her son and when she cries tears she is rejoicing in her son
Did the Blessed Virgin Mary study with the priests when she was a child?
No she did not study with the priests, may be in those days ladies did not study with the priests.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only things that we know about Mary's childhood are from the Protoevangelium of James and "De nativit. Mariae" neither of which, obviously, is Scripture, so we are dealing with pious legend and certainly not something that has to be believed. Both of those writings are from the Apocropha, which is the same place we got many of the details for the birth of Jesus, that are not in the Scriptures. In other words, nice things to think about, but not necessary for our salvation in any way. The following quote if from the Catholic Encyclopedia:Now, the Protoevangelium of James (7-8), and the writing entitled "De nativit. Mariae" (7-8), [43] state that Joachim and Anna, faithful to a vow they had made, presented the child Mary in the Temple when she was three years old; that the child herself mounted the Temple steps, and that she made her vow of virginity on this occasion. St. Gregory of Nyssa [44] and St. Germanus of Constantinople [45] adopt this report; it is also followed by pseudo-Gregory of Nazianzus in his "Christus patiens". [46] Moreover, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation, though it does not specify at what age the child Mary was presented in the Temple, when she made her vow of virginity, and what were the special natural and supernatural gifts with which God endowed her. The feast is mentioned for the first time in a document of Manuel Commenus, in 1166; from Constantinople the feast must have been introduced into the western Church, where we find it at the papal court at Avignon in 1371; about a century later, Pope Sixtus IV introduced the Office of the Presentation, and in 1585 Pope Sixtus V extended the Feast of the Presentation to the whole Church.
Not quite. According to several studies, there are some images that look reflected on the Virgin's eyes. These figures appear to include a bearded man as well as other human figures which seem to be praying; these figures look like a family, including various children and a mother carrying a baby on her back -- like many women do in Mexico. Oddly enough, these images conform to the Samson-Purkinje effect on the eye, discovered during the 19th century. The painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe was performed during the 1530's.
Nature’s deadliness APEX:)
Conveys love and tenderness between mother and child. (APEX)
How did the rosary get its name?
For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Online Etymology) indicated below this answer box.
What month is the Feast of the Assumption in?
The Feast of the Assumption of Mary is in the month of August on the 15th.
Is Immaculate Conception actually possible?
It is. The Catholic Church believes that the Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne. This immaculate conception has nothing to do with virgin birth. It means that Mary was conceived in the usual manner - by the coming together as husband and wife of her mother and father - but that, unlike nearly all other human beings, Mary's soul remained untouched by the stain of original sin from the first moment she came into being. This was an extraordinary occurence - a singular grace - and a miracle. For the rest of us all carry in our souls the shadow of the sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve. We all struggle to do what is right. We all fall short. At one time or another, we all lie to ourselves, jump to conclusions, get the wrong idea, mentally curse someone out, get fed up, cop a bad attitude, wake up on the wrong side of the bed, snap at the ones we love, fudge the truth a little, slack off here and there, fall down on the job, put someone on our "list". We can't help it. Part of what it means to be human is to have the weakness that Adam and Eve bestowed on us when they disobeyed God. Mary was different. She never experienced any of these flaws. She was miraculously preserved from these in anticipation of Jesus' incarnation. So ordinarily, immaculate conception isn't possible. But with Mary it was. The Catholic Church celebrates this miracle on December 8 of each year, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Who was the Virgin Mary's family?
The gospels tell us nothing about Mary's parents, and there is no contemporary material about Mary, her life or her family outside the Bible. We can not say who her parents or grandparents were. Tradition says Mary's parents were St. Anne and St. Joachim, but there is no biblical support for this.
Why does Virgin Mary wear red?
I have never seen an image of the Blessed Virgin wearing red. She is usually pictured wearing blue an/or white. One exception is the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe where she is pictured wearing typical Aztec garb.
When is the next holy day of obligation honoring your Blessed Mother Mary?
The three holy days of obligation of the Virgin Mary are:
January 1 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
August 15 - The Assumption of Mary
December 8 - The Immaculate Conception of Mary
What happened when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette?
The Blessed Virgin Mary said many things to Bernadette at Lourdes. Our Lady told Bernadette to do penance saying, "Penance," three times, and told her to pray for sinners. She also told Bernadette that she could "not promise happiness in this world, but in the next," speaking of heaven. Throughout the apparittions Bernadette asked for the apparition's name, but was refused. At the end of the visions, Our Lady unfolded her hands and spread them to her side and said, 'I am the Immaculate Conception." This confermed the Church's new teaching that Mary was concieved without original sin. She also told Bernadette things that were for herself alone, and she never told them to anyone.
