Because she carried the new Promise of God. Seems simple enough to me.
You know, I'm sure that when anyone touched the "old" Ark of the Covenant mentioned in the Old Testament that they died instantly.
I agree. Yet we have plenty of examples of Mary touching others without them bursting into flames. Clearly she was not the same type of Ark as that which carried the ten commandments, the jar of manna, and Aaron's staff.
That is one reason that Catholics believe that Mary is "The Ark of the New Covenant and that no one, not even her most chast spouse, St. Joseph, touched her in procreating children.
Yes, Catechism 499. But this leaves you with a conundrum: either there were more men and women born of virgin birth, or the Bible is lying - multiple times - when it talks of the brothers and sisters of Jesus (see Matt 12:46, Matt 13:55-56, Mark 3:31, Luke 8:19, John 7:1-10, Acts 1:14 - all four Gospels and the book of Acts).
So did Mary have additional immaculate conceptions? Or did she consummate her marriage to Joseph after the birth of Jesus, as Matthew 1:25 alludes to, meaning she was no longer a virgin?
**or the Bible is lying - multiple times **
The Bible isn’t lying. Aunts and uncles and cousins often lived in a compound together. They were consider “brothers and sisters.”
Saint Paul speaks to the recipiemts of his many letters in these same words, “brothers and sisters.”
And I don’t think in either instance there was lying going on in the Bible. It’s just that some people have chosen to believe that Mary and Joseph had other children. Not so.
BTW, I sent you a brief FReepmail.