St. Mary lived saintly and purely in the temple. Then came a time when they said to her to go out of the temple. She did not protest or object, such as many women do, when they are forbidden by the ecclesiastical laws, to enter the church in certain periods; and they protest and discuss much.
She wanted to live without marriage, but they ordered her to live under the guardianship of a man, according to the custom in her days.
She did not protest then, and she accepted to live in the custody of a man, as she had accepted to go out of the temple…
She lived the life of obedience, not protesting, not resisting, not objecting, but quietly abandoning to the will of God, without discussion.
She was determined to live the life of virginity, and did never think at any time of becoming a mother. And when God willed that she becomes a mother by the coming of the Holy Spirit upon her (Luke 1:35), she did not discuss, but replied with her immortal expression:
“Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38)
For that, God granted her the motherhood, and kept her virginity too, and she became a mother, the thing in which she had absolutely never thought of. Through obedience, she became the mother of the Lord, the greatest in value of all mothers.
She was ordered to go to Egypt, and she went.
And she was ordered to come back from Egypt, and she came back. She was ordered to move from Bethlehem and to reside in Nazareth, and she moved and resided.
She was a calm human being, living the life of obedience, without discussion. That is why
“He who is mighty has done great things”
to her, “For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant”.
H.H.Pope Shenouda III
May the Blessing and Intercession of our Blessed mother be with us always 🙏🏽
Tewahedo Orthodox Girl 