The rosary mary

[Cmc1]

When Doing the rosary it say mary took a vow of virginity before the angel came . when married kept that vow and her children were her husband’s there’s is no Jewish nuns and some were i read her virginity was kept safe ,that why she is called virgin mother of God, ,who did this if there was no nunnery or monastery

 

[Tis_Bearself]

There is a tradition of consecrating one’s virginity to God. In Mary’s time, I believe there were consecrated “temple virgins” associated with the Jewish temple, and pious tradition says that Mary was one of these. The temple virgins were young girls under age 14 who prayed and assisted with tasks at the temple such as sewing, weaving, and laundering liturgical linens. They were also educated by some older women in charge of the girls. The girls were dismissed at age 14. This did not require a monastery or nunnery.

Whether she was consecrated to God or not, before Mary was married, she would have been expected under the Jewish law of the time to stay a virgin until she married.
After she married, her husband Joseph would have needed to agree to allow her to remain a virgin while also being his wife. He obviously agreed to this.

Mary did not have “children” by the way, she had one child, Jesus, and his father was God, not Joseph. Joseph was his foster father and protector.

 

[ahs]

who did this if there was no nunnery or monastery

Who kept her virginity safe? She did. Nunneries and Monasteries aren’t necessary for people to remain virgins. All that is needed is a decision to remain a Virgin and the will to maintain that.

 

[Margaret_Ann]

All that is needed is a decision to remain a Virgin and the will to maintain that.

She needed the grace of God too - and cooperated with His grace all her life. That’s why God in His Infinite Wisdom ordained the Immaculate Conception so Mary would be the worthy mother of the Son of God.

 

[Diaconia]

In Mary’s time, I believe there were consecrated “temple virgins” associated with the Jewish temple, and pious tradition says that Mary was one of these. The temple virgins were young girls under age 14 who prayed and assisted with tasks at the temple such as sewing, weaving, and laundering liturgical linens.

There is a pious teaching that Our Lady wove the curtain that was torn in two when Jesus breathed His last breath.

Deacon Christopher

 

[Crocus]

In a homily this Christmas season, the priest talked about the Hebrew people of the time. Married couples took very seriously the responsibility of having and caring for children, waiting and hoping for the birth of the promised messiah.

Mary and Joseph were mother and foster father to Jesus, who is the promised messiah. God’s will for their respective vocations was done.