Why Mary?

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I think this question will fit in to this forum.

Did God choose Virgin Mary because She was engaged to Joseph or is there an other reason? And if, what is the cause?
 
God chose the Virgin Mary before she was born. He made her to be the Mother of God. That’s why she was immaculately conceived.
 
Yes. God created her and redeemed her in advance (He created her full of grace from the beginning of her existence in her mother’s womb. She said yes to the Lord and the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity became man in her womb. She freely chose to be a woman of faith and the perfect disciple of her Son.

We call her Mother of God, because the Child within her is 100% God, and 100% man.

Mary is the Golden Bridge through which the Word stepped into time for our sake.
 
God had this planned WAY in advance. It was prophesied even in the Old Testament that a virgin would give birth.
 
Lasting_faith said:
I think this question will fit in to this forum.
Did God choose Virgin Mary because She was engaged to Joseph or is there an other reason? And if, what is the cause?
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Well both Mary and Joseph are of the House of David (REALLY DISTANT RELATIVES, so
in that place, time, and culture it’s fine). Were there any other descendants of David? May-
be, maybe not, but the Messiah has to be of royal blood, which Jesus was (is, was, is…?) :o

Also, we know that God chose Mary and Joseph beforehand (since the beginning of all
things), and God did something interesting for Mary: By the Future Merits of Jesus,
Mary was saved ahead of time at the moment of her existence, that way she could be
the Mother of God.
 
Lasting_faith said:
I think this question will fit in to this forum.

Did God choose Virgin Mary because She was engaged to Joseph or is there an other reason? And if, what is the cause?
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This is going to sound like a flippant answer but I think it expresses it well.

God chose the virgin Mary because he is God and does what he wills. He does not need a reason. He IS the reason. Mary did not earn God’s fullness of grace somehow, or give him a reason to choose her. God filled her with grace. God does what he wills. Out of love, God created Mary and preserved her from sin.

For me, it better not to ask questions about God’s motivations, because I can’t begin to comprehend him anyway.
By the way, he has given each of us grace as well, unmerited.
 
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