Luke 2Mary was a virgin and was therefore not bound by the law. She obeyed the practice out of humility, just as Jesus was baptized out of humility.When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.
Of the Purification of Mary
St. Alphonsus Liguori
[The Presentation in the Temple]In the old law there were two precepts concerning the birth of first-born sons: one was, that the mother should remain as unclean, retired in her house for forty days; after which she was to go to purify herself in the temple. The other was, that the parents of the first-born son should take him to the temple, and there offer him to God. On this day the most Blessed Virgin obeyed both these precepts. Although Mary was not bound by the law of purification, since she was always a Virgin and always pure, yet her humility and obedience made her wish to go like other mothers to purify herself. She at the same time obeyed the second precept, to present and offer her Son to the Eternal Father. "And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord" (Luke 2:22)...
The question was not on her purification or the offering of the first born.
The question was on her being without sin.(Luke 2:24, Lev 5:7)
de Liguori doesn't touch on this, only the purification.
Why do you people always answer with someone elses thoughts?
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If you believe that the baptism of Jesus was an act of humility, as de Liguori does, you have a bigger problem than this Marian heresy.