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- And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, \u201cBlessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!\u201d \u00a0But He said, \u201cMore than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!\u201d<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary<\/p>\n
The record of the birth of Mary is not found in the Bible. The traditional account of the event is taken from the apocryphal writings which are not part of the New Testament scriptures. The traditional teaching which is celebrated in the hymns and verses of the festal liturgy is that Joachim and Anna were a pious Jewish couple who were among the small and faithful remnant-\u201cthe poor and the needy\u201d-who were awaiting the promised messiah. The couple was old and childless. They prayed earnestly to the Lord for a child, since among the Jews barrenness was a sign of God\u2019s disfavor. In answer to their prayers, and as the reward of their unwavering fidelity to God, the elderly couple was blessed with the child who was destined, because of her own personal goodness and holiness, to become the Mother of the Messiah-Christ.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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