Mary - HER NAME MEANS “Favor” or “Grace”
Anna - Her Name Means “Favor” or “Grace”
| HER CHARACTER: | Married for only seven years, she spent the long years of her widowhood fasting and praying in the temple, abandoning herself entirely to God. A prophetess, she was one of the first to bear witness to Jesus. |
| HER SORROW: | As a widow, she would probably have been among the most vulnerable members of society, with no one to provide for her financially or to take care of her if her health failed. |
| HER JOY: | That her own eyes beheld the Messiah she had longed to see. |
| KEY SCRIPTURE: | Luke 2:22 – 38 |
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