[ears_to_hear]

So WHY is it NECESSARY for Mary to remain a perpetual virgin ? If marriage and sex are holy, why can Mary only be loved and honored if she never had sex?

[Salvation]

To honor the fact that Christ was conceived through the Holy Spirit as announced by the Angel Gabriel.

Luke 1:26-56

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¹⁰ In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

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to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

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And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you."

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But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.

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Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.

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He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, ¹¹ and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

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and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."

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But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" ¹²

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And the angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

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And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived ¹³ a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;

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for nothing will be impossible for God."

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Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

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During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,

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where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

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When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

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cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord ¹⁴ should come to me?

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For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.

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Blessed are you who believed ¹⁵ that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

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And Mary said: ¹⁶ "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;

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my spirit rejoices in God my savior.

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For he has looked upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.

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The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

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His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.

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He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.

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He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.

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The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.

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He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy,

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according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

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Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

 

[Salvation]

Have you every heard of the typology between the Old Ark of the Covenant and the New Ark of the Covenant, Mary? Check it out!

[Quix]

So WHY is it NECESSARY for Mary to remain a perpetual virgin ? If marriage and sex are holy, why can Mary only be loved and honored if she never had sex?

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INDEED.

It’s only “NECESSARY”

for the selfish, political vain glorious power mongering of humans so easily addicted to ritual, bureaucracy, idolatry of every sort etc. etc.

[Mad Dawg]

why can Mary only be loved and honored if she never had sex?

Are you making this up? Do you have a real live official source, like Aquinas, an Encyclical, or the Catechism where you find, in so many words, Mary can ONLY be loved and honored if she never had sex?

WE may look like idolaters, but people who levy charges without thinking them over, what do they look like?

[klossg]

"If marriage and sex are holy, why can Mary only be loved and honored if she never had sex?"

Mary is the mother of God. It is not about sex, it is about Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

Mt 1:21-23 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

1 Cor 7:28 "But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned."

Pray for me as I pray for you.

God bless.