| Hearld The Birth |
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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS THE MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST. SHE WAS BORN IN JERUSALEM ABOUT THE YEAR 19 B C AND DIED ABOUT THE YEAR 49 A D. SHE LIVED AN OBSCURE LIFE AND IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS MOST FAITHFUL DISCIPLE. SHE WAS THE FIRST TO BELIEVE IN HIM AND SHE STOOD FAITHFULLY AT HIS SIDE WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED AND PUT TO DEATH UNDER PONTIUS PILATE IN 30 A D. THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS CALLED A VIRGIN BECAUSE IN HER WAS FULFILLED THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH THAT "A VIRGIN WOULD CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND WOULD CALL HIS NAME EMMANUEL, WHICH MEANS GOD-WITH-US." IT IS SAID SHE REMAINED A VIRGIN THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE LIFE. ONLY BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO WORKED THIS MIRACLE IN HER TO TESTIFY TO THE WORLD THAT HER SON, JESUS CHRIST, IS HIS TRUE NATURAL SON, AND HAS NO HUMAN FATHER. AT MARY'S REQUEST CHRIST BEGAN HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY, WORKING HIS FIRST PUBLIC MIRACLE AT CANA IN GALILEE. AT THE CRUCIFIXION, MARY STOOD AT THE FOOT OF HER SON'S CROSS AND UNITED HERSELF PERFECTLY IN HIS SELF-OFFERING TO THE FATHER FOR THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND. MARY WAS PRESENT AT PENTECOST AND THERAFTER SPENT MANY YEARS INSTRUCTING THE NEW BORN CHURCH WITH HER EXAMPLE AND HER REMINISCES OF THE TEACHING AND LIFE OF HER SON, JESUS CHRIST. ACCORDING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ANCIENT HISTORIAL EVIDENCE, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY LIVED IN JERUSALEM UNTIL THE END OF HER LIFE. THE CONSISTENT TESTIMONY OF THE CHRISTIANS LIVING IN JERUSALEM FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS IS THAT AT THE END OF HER LIFE, JESUS CHRIST CAME AND TOOK HER BODY AND SOUL INTO HEAVEN. AFTER CHRIST EXALTED HER WITH HIMSELF IN THE KINDGOM OF HEAVEN, CROWNING HER QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND ESTABLISHING HER AS SOLE MEDIATRIX OF EVERY GRACE AND BLESSING THAT HE IS PLEASED TO BESTOW UPON BOTH MEN AND ANGELS.
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