Mary, the Mother of God
The Blessed Virgin Mary was born to St. Joachim and St. Anne, to be the famous WOMAN promised in the Proto-evangelium who would crush the head of the serpent. By being exempt from original sin and living a life in perfect fulfilment of the will of God, she was visited by the Archangel Gabriel with this message: Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. She conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit the Saviour of the world Jesus Christ. Our Lady lived a humble life as the Mother of Our Saviour, and as the spouse of St. Joseph, She lived the most virtuous life, and accompanied Jesus all the way to Calvary. The Blessed Virgin Mary didn't die in the human way because she was exempt from original sin, and was immaculate. She passed from this physical existence into the realm of the spirit in an ecstasy of love. She was assumed in body and soul into Heaven. She is for Catholics the Queen of Heaven and the Queen of all Creation, her holiness surpassing the holiness of all the saints and angels. She is our advocate before Him and at the foot of the cross she was given to us in the person of John as our Mother. Behold your mother . She is the woman clothed with the sun as portrayed in the Apocalypse, She is the New Jerusalem, the City of God, the Mountain of Zion so spoken of in the Holy Scriptures, She is the Living Tabernacle of the Divinity. A true devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary will lead us to Jesus. Her message is Do whatever He tells you .
