I wonder re: Blessed Mother

[PennyinCanada]

Did she always look 20 years old until she went home to heaven? Why would she look 50 if corruption did not touch her? Totally speculation of course. I say Yes. lol

 

[Beryllos]

A person can look pretty good at 50, even better than at 20. What does it even mean to look 20? In today’s world, that means insecure and foolish. But I would respect Mary at any age.

 

[JulianN]

Why would 50 be corrupt and 20 not?

 

[PennyinCanada]

I think you’re taking this the wrong direction. I was thinking more if she was the singular person on the planet who might of been like in the Garden of Eden.

When Moses came down from the mountain with the 10 Commandments, his face was so radiant that they asked that he veil his face.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Why would she look 50 if corruption did not touch her?

Normal human aging isn’t corruption. I have no problem picturing Mother Mary as a beautiful, serene older lady, the type we’d all like to imitate as we age. Presumably, sinless Jesus also looked like a 33-year-old man at the end of his life, not like a dewy-faced 20-year-old.

Of course, when she was assumed into heaven, her body was glorified and she appeared young again, as likely happens with all who reach Heaven, or will happen when they are put back in their bodies.

 

[Inbonum]

Why would she look 50 if corruption did not touch her?

When someone is getting older because of years of his life it doesn’t mean corruption tooks place.
Nobody looks the same when they are ten and 30, it is just natural process. Jesus also didn’t look the same in every year of his life.

We don’t have photographs so we don’t know how she looked like when she was 50.
I believe her beauty and youthfulness was coming from her purity, being conceived without a sin and Mother of God.
That is why paintings always show her in beautiful way, most of these depictions are actually an expression of her virtues and her spiritual beauty.

 

[JulianN]

I think you’re taking this the wrong direction. I was thinking more if she was the singular person on the planet who might of been like in the Garden of Eden.

But then why wouldn’t she look 10? Or 1? The problem with seeing aging as corruption is that it’s a process that starts at birth. I think she could look as radiant at 50 as at 20 – one does not need to appear young to appear glorified.