Mary, the Mother of Jesus
No Biblical figure attract the kind of devotion that the Virgin Mary attains and her image flourishes among many of the Catholic faithful. Mary's virginity stems from the belief that she had no children after Jesus and remained a virgin throughout her life. The follower of Christanity appreciate the blessed Virgin Mary and her role in the history of salvation. Mary was a disciple of Christ before she was his mother, for had she not believed, she would not have conceived.

Her name was Mary, a form of the name Miriam, the famous sister of Moses. The name was common among Jewish women in those days. A well-known tradition says she was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of Joachim and Ann. Other early sources say Mary was born in Nazareth. Wherever she was born, Mary's life most likely unfolded in the staunch Jewish settlement of Nazareth in the hills of Galilee, not far from the important caravan routes linking Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Mary was not merely the point of Christ's entrance into the world but also acted as the channel through which he tried to revolutionized the world with his message. She was the mother who cared for the physical needs of Jesus the boy, nursed him, nurtured and taught him the ways of the Lord. Doubtless she was the one who taught him to pray, as he grew in wisdom and stature.

People have invoked her, trusted in her mercy and sought to appease Christ through her.

She deserves to be called blessed, for God has accorded her a singular distinction, to prepare his son for the world, in whom she was spiritually reborn. She is called blessed not because of her virginity or even her humility, but because she was chosen as the person and place where God's glory would enter most deeply into the human story.

I found this on my computer.

Love and God bless      Love Juditha

Hi  Kate thanks for what you wrote


Asking the Blessed Mother to intercede for you about something is the most powerful intercession of all.

I agree with you

Love and God bless     Love Juditha

I once had a dream where I visited a school with a lady. Summer vacation had just ended.  We entered a building on an upper floor (4th or 5th floor). The girls were very happy to see this lady again.  They really loved her. Then we went to the opposite end of the building after traveling through an L shaped hallway, and the girls in that classroom were also very happy to see this lady again. I stood in the hallway as she stood in the entranceway of the hallway, because I didn't want people to make the mistake and think I was with her as a date.  For some reason I needed to be with her.

When I woke up the thought "Virgin Mary" came into my mind really strong.

Hi Don Thanks for what you have written to me,and i also agree with you that Mary had other children  and i look so forward to seeing the most famous marian apparations,what you are going to put on.

God love and bless you Don       Love Juditha

I also agree that Mary had children after Jesus.  

Recoverer, thanks for sharing your dream.  She comes to us in many ways/forms but one always knows it's her by her love and peace.  What an awesome dream.  

Katie

(1) The appearances of the Virgin Mary to an Indian, Juan Diego, at Guadalupe (Mexico) in 1531 established as a tenet of the Roman Catholic Church that Mary is a living presence in the world today and that throughout history she has intervened in human affairs by appearing to selected mortals.  The Marian apparition correctly foretold that Juan's dying uncle would miraculously recover from his grave illness.  Flowers miraculously appeared at the site of her visitation.  The portrait of Mary spontaneously appeered on Juan Diego's mantle.

This miracle seems similar to deceased Nellie's materialization of a pretty flower as a gift to he daugher, Rea--a flower that was preserved in an album.  I have quoted from Rev. Howell Vincent's eyewtness account of Nellie's prolonged visit to family members and her passing of  this ethereal flower to her daughter.  Vincent is a relative of one of Roger's co-workers.   Roger is a member of this site.   One of my public prophecies lead to the independent materialization of two mother's rings to their sons.  I will post this story in detail on my thread ADCs vs. Memory loss. 

By speaking to Juan in his native language and calling for a srhine on Indian soil, Mary demonstrates that she has adopted these native folk and become their mother.  These apparitions at Guadalupe prevented a bloodly civil war between the native Indians and the Spanish conquerors.  The early conquistadors understood their New World conquests on behalf of the Spanish and Portuguese as proceeding under Mary's protection.  But because of Guadalupe, the leaders of later independence struggles could, conversely, understand their Marian devotion as "one of the most powerful weapons for winning autonomy for their countries."

Don

(2) On January 17, 1871, during the Franco-German [Prussian] War, Mary appeared in Pontmain, France to Eugene (age 12) of the Barbadette family.  Her hands were lowered and spread as in supplication.  Wearing a blue robe with golden stars, she was hovering about 20 feet above a neighbor's house.  The resulting commotion brought Eugene's parents to the scene, but they saw nothing.  Yet their youngest son, Joseph (age 10) excitedly reported seeing the apparition and his description of Mary perfectly matched Eugene's.  Their parents thought they were lying and punished them. 

When they frantically persisted with their story, their parents brought a nun to the scene.  The nun saw nothing herself, but then brought two young girls from the convent to the scene without telling them why.  Without any prompting, they both excitedly offered a detailed description of the apparition identical to that of the two boys!  Other children brought to the scene also saw Mary. 

Now Mary's facial expression changed from joy to sorrow and these words formed under her: "But pray, God will hear your prayers in a short time.  My Son allows Himself to be moved."  Despite being separated now by the townsfolk, the children all saw the same words!  Just then, one of the villagers rushed up to the crowds and announced that Prussian troops were marching towards Pontmain.  The townsfolk prayed for protection and the Prossian troops inexplicably turned back.   The Franco-Prussian War ended shortly thereafter.

Don

(3) In 1858 a girl, Bernadette, Sourbirous--began seeing apparitions of a young woman in white above a grotto near Lourdes.  The woman promised her salvation if she would return to pray and receive apparitions for the  next 15 days.  Her mother and aunt both warned her that she was seeing an illusion.  Huge crowds soon came to witness her candle vigils near the grotto.  On Feb. 25 the crowd watched as she crawled on her hands and knees to the back of the grotto where she dug in the ground and uncovered some muddy water.  She drank some of it and smeared some on her face.  She later reported that the apparition directed her to drink and wash in the water.  Leter that day witnesses dug deeper and found a spring there.  On March 2 the lady in white directed her to tell the priests to  build a chapel there for people to visit in processions. 

On March 4 witnesses observed Bernadette breathe on Eugenie Troy and restore her sight.  Others  reported that she had healed another child's paralyzed arm.  To discourage her growing reputation as a wonder-worker, Bernadette later told town officials that she touched children only because relatives or friends asked her to do so and she did not think she had healed anyone.  God performed the healing!  On March 25 she repeatedly asked the apparition to reveal her identity and was finally told: "I am the Immaculate Conception," a Catholic title for Mary.  On April 7 a previously skeptical Dr. Dozous witnessed her candle's flame continually brushing her hand without burning her and without her being aware of it.  He widely proclaimed this "prodigious event."  By mid-April, a channel was dug for the spring and a zinc basin with 3 spigots was installed.  From then on, there was a dramatic increase in alleged healings attributed to the spring.  In mid-April, various groups of women received apparitions of the Virgin.  The most reputable and pious of these, Marie Courech, was told by the Virgin: "Drink 3 times from the water," or "Wash yourself in the water,"and "It is here that I will distribute my graces."  Stories like these have spectacularly enhanced the popularity of modern pilgrimages to Lourdes in quiest of healing. Some of these healings have been verified by doctors as absolutely miraculous.

Don