Mary is very important to the Catholic faith, for she is the all-loving mother of Christ. Many Catholic’s look up to her and pray to the holy virgin for guidance.

By Christy Marie Parczewski

Mary

Year 10 Religious Education Assessment Task

Mary is very important to the Catholic faith, for she is the

all-loving mother of Christ. Many Catholic’s look up to her and pray to the holy virgin for guidance.

The story of the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) is that...God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary who lived in Nazareth, a small town in Galilee. He came to her saying "Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee." At first Mary was frightened, until the angel told her "Fear not, Mary, for thou has found grace with God. Behold thou shall conceive in thy womb, and shall bring forth a son; and thou shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob forever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end." Of course Mary was very confused because she was a virgin. To calm her he told her that her virginity would remain "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Even after all this, Mary was probably still very frightened. How are you to explain to your betrothed that you are pregnant? And there must have been all sorts of things running through Mary's head but she faithfully answered "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word." She had so much loving trust in the Lord that she forgot all the problems that may come about because of this miraculous pregnancy.