To me, society has made Mary the ideal of purity and human faith. Moving through Catholic schools I have been taught to view Mary as the perfect and loving mother everyone has known for so long. Through all my experiences I have never really been shown any different, besides Milhay's Scripture class. It's wasnt until then that Mary became more of a real person; one who goes through the headache and heartache. The other aspect that has been stamped on me time and time again is the idea that Mary was this perfect subtle figure with fair skin, emotionless face, who always seemed reverent and clamn. It also seems that she always has some type of religious relic on her person at all times. Like I find it hard to believe that she would go party with scripture in her pocket. 2.) Mary is a women of strong faith who procliams tells her story openly to a husband who by Jewish law is to shame her and put her to death. This shows just how much strong faith Mary had. Mary belongs to the lower class of Judea. Women are treated as personal property that belongs to one man, and one man alone. The community would undoubtly find her pregenancy an unfaithful act that deserves severe isolation and most likey death. 3.) I believe that God chose Mary for a number of reasons. First because of her willing and open faith in God. It's not everyday that someone excepts their calling from God, especially one with such great magnitude. Also the fact that this act showed just how un-selfish Mary was. She didnt think of her own needs, rather she knew that she would be doing a great service to the world. Another imprtant aspect is Mary's background and family. She wasn't a rich spolied girl, rather she was an poor and humble women of Judea. This is important because it meant she would take good care of her mission and not go blabbing her mouth to anyone and everyone that she has the child of God chilling in her uterus. Undoubtly it was Mary's faith and purity that made her the top choice for God.
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