Mary
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Mary - HER NAME MAY MEAN
“Bitterness”
| HER CHARACTER: | She was a virgin from a poor family in an obscure village in Galilee. Her response to Gabriel reveals a young woman of unusual faith and humility. Her unqualified yes to God’s plan for her life entailed great personal risk and suffering. She must have endured seasons of confusion, fear, and darkness as the events of her life unfolded. She is honored, not only as the mother of Jesus, but as his first disciple. |
| HER SORROW: | To see the son she loved shamed and tortured, left to die like the worst kind of criminal. |
| HER JOY: | To see her child raised from the dead; to have received the Holy Spirit along with Christ’s other disciples. |
| KEY SCRIPTURES: | Matthew 1:18 – 25; 2; Luke 1:26 – 80; 2:1 – 52; John 19:25 – 27 |
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