HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
MARY
Being Jesus’s mom, as you might imagine, is bound to put you in the theological limelight, and Mary holds this office with dignity and grace.
Betrothed to Joseph at a young age, Mary becomes pregnant under mysterious circumstances. Two of the four gospels claim that God is the father of her baby, but because of the silence of the other two gospels, as well as the lack of this being mentioned by Peter and Paul, it seems the doctrine of Jesus’s virgin birth wasn’t emphasized in the early Church — though it certainly did dominate later. The picture of Mary in the gospels is one of a concerned and loving mother who doesn’t fully understand her son at times but supports him to the end, even painfully witnessing his execution at the foot of the cross.
