How well do you know Blessed Mary? (part one)

How well do you know Blessed Mary?

Who is the closest woman in your life? Is it your sister? Is it your girlfriend? Most will answer “mother”. All people came from their mother’s womb. The umbilical cord of an unborn child is connected to the mother. This is probably the reason why most kids are closer to their mother.

Do you consider Mary your mother? Mary was a very humble and obedient woman.
Do you pray the rosary? The rosary as they say is like offering a garland of roses to Mary. In my religion subject in elementary, We are taught to pray the rosary and ask for intercession for Mary. Since Mary was closer to Jesus, being her mother, she is closer to her son. In our country today, a lot of Marian devotees offer flowers, candles and prayers on front of Mary images and statues, some even kiss the statue or make the sign of the cross after touching it.

Mary is considered as: The mother of God, the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the world, Immaculate, the Help of Christians, Queen of heaven, Lady of All Nations, Sovereign Mistress, Comforter of the Afflicted, Empress of Angels, Eternal Virgin, and ,many others.

God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee named Nazareth. He had a message for a young woman promised in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was a descendent of David. Her name was Mary. The angel came to her and told her that she will become pregnant and give birth to a son through the power of the Holy Spirit. “I am the Lord’s servant”, said Mary, “may it happen to me as you have said” (Luke 1:26,38).

The birth of Jesus was first announced to Mary and she was so happy and a little be afraid. She humbly call herself as the Lord’s servant.

When Jesus was twelve years old, Jesus together with Joseph and Mary went to the festival as usual. But Jesus was left in Jerusalem. Joseph and Mary started looking for him on their relatives and friends. They didn’t find him so they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. On the third day, they found him in the temple, sitting with the Jewish teachers. His parents were astonished when they saw him. Jesus told them: “ Why did you have to look for me? Did you know that I have to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand him (Luke 2:41-49).

As we can see, the Mary in the Bible was very humble, very human, commits mistakes, just like us. Mary and Joseph didn’t understand Jesus’ words since they didn’t understand the real nature of Jesus.