Comments on: Why was Mary chosen as Jesus’ mother, and not some other woman? http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-was-mary-chosen-as-jesus%e2%80%99-mother-and-not-some-other-woman an online magazine for spiritual seekers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob S. http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-was-mary-chosen-as-jesus%e2%80%99-mother-and-not-some-other-woman/comment-page-1#comment-5831 Bob S. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:42:54 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9708#comment-5831 I think there are some key conditions that might narrow down why Mary was chosen. 1. She had to be a Jewish woman in the Abrahamic faith and her parents needed to be very faithful. 2. The LORD needed to be born in just the right place, a humble village. His origin couldn't be in a place that was too wealthy or too significant. 3. She needed to be married to a man that was a descendant of King David. Given the need for humble origin perhaps many other women who had parents that were sufficiently righteous and whose husbands were in the Davidic line of succession were too prosperous or too renowned. I would say that she needed to be a virgin and without sin and all that but if I understand the teaching right then this was a result of the intervention of the Holy Spirit in her conception. I also love what Zeb posited - that she had to be someone willing to say Yes! ~ Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. I think there are some key conditions that might narrow down why Mary was chosen.

1. She had to be a Jewish woman in the Abrahamic faith and her parents needed to be very faithful.
2. The LORD needed to be born in just the right place, a humble village. His origin couldn’t be in a place that was too wealthy or too significant.
3. She needed to be married to a man that was a descendant of King David.

Given the need for humble origin perhaps many other women who had parents that were sufficiently righteous and whose husbands were in the Davidic line of succession were too prosperous or too renowned.

I would say that she needed to be a virgin and without sin and all that but if I understand the teaching right then this was a result of the intervention of the Holy Spirit in her conception.

I also love what Zeb posited – that she had to be someone willing to say Yes!

~ Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

]]> By: Zeb http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-was-mary-chosen-as-jesus%e2%80%99-mother-and-not-some-other-woman/comment-page-1#comment-5828 Zeb Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:48:08 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9708#comment-5828 I was just thinking about this today, and thought, what if God did not choose Mary, what if Mary chose God? The gospels may not tell us the stories of all the other Hebrew virgins Gabriel visited before he found one brave enough to say Yes. I was just thinking about this today, and thought, what if God did not choose Mary, what if Mary chose God? The gospels may not tell us the stories of all the other Hebrew virgins Gabriel visited before he found one brave enough to say Yes.

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