QUESTION ON THE VIRGINITY OF MARY BEFORE AND AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS

The Annunciation

Anonymous said...

Father may tanong po ako. Ayon po sa dictionary, ang medical definition ng virginity ay,"the classic finding in female virginity is an intact hymen."

Paano po nanatiling virgin si Mary kung noong ipinanganak si Jesus e lumabas siya sa "daanan" ni Maria?

Hope you can enlighten me with this Father.

Thanks!

August 18, 2010 7:37 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Father may tanong po ako. Ayon po sa dictionary, ang medical definition ng virginity ay,"the classic finding in female virginity is an intact hymen."]

WELL, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING WHEN WE SPEAK OF VIRGIN WE MEAN A WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS NEVER VIOLATED BY ANY MAN SEXUALLY. OF COURSE, IT INCLUDES THE INTACT HYMEN.

HAVE SOME RESPECT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF THE LORD JESUS. WHAT WILL YOU FEEL IF I WILL TALK HERE ABOUT THE HYMEN OF YOUR SISTER OR MOTHER OR DAUGHTER.

THAT ISSUE IS ALREADY SETTLED BY THE CHURCH WHEN SHE DECLARED MARY EVER-VIRGIN: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

PLEASE BE A GENTLEMAN TO OUR LADY.

[Paano po nanatiling virgin si Mary kung noong ipinanganak si Jesus e lumabas siya sa "daanan" ni Maria?]

BY THE POWER OF GOD. DON'T FORGET THE FACT THAT THE CONCEPTION AND BIRTH OF JESUS THE LORD IS A MIRACLE. THAT IS WHY IT IS A 'DIVINE SIGN'. IT WAS NOT DONE IN A NORMAL MANNER BUT IN A SPECIAL WAY: JESUS ENTERED THE WOMB OF MARY WITHOUT DESTROYING HER VIRGINITY:

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a VIRGIN shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

THE PREGNANCY OF THE VIRGIN IS A DIVINE SIGN. IT IS CAUSED BY DIVINE INTERCESSION IN THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF MARY... IT WAS AN EXERCISE OF DIVINE POWER THROUGH WHICH MARY BECAME A VIRGIN AND PREGNANT AT THE SAME TIME. SHE CONCEIVED AS A VIRGIN.

THIS TRUTH IS FURTHER HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ANGEL GABRIEL DURING HIS ANNUNCIATION TO MARY:

Luke 1:26-27 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a VIRGIN betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and THE VIRGIN’s name was Mary.

THE BIBLE THROUGH THE LUCAN NARRATIVE REPEATEDLY STRESSES THAT MARY IS 'A VIRGIN' AND 'THE VIRGIN'. SO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALSO STRESS THAT TRUTH OF FAITH: 'THE VIRGIN MARY'.

WHEN MARY ASK FOR A REASON HOW SHE WILL BECOME PREGNANT WITH THE LORD JESUS DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS NO RELATION WITH A MAN, THIS WAS THE ANGEL'S EXPLANATION:

Luke 1:34 Mary said to the angel, "I am a VIRGIN. How, then, can this be?" [Good News Bible]

MARY IS VIRGIN AS SHE HERSELF CLAIMED AND THE PROPHETS AND THE APOSTLES UNANIMOUSLY ATTEST TO THAT.

Luke 1:35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.

SO, THE INCARNATION AND THE NATIVITY OF JESUS SHALL BE CAUSED NOT BY ANY FRICTION OF MATTER ON THE HYMEN BUT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. SINCE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NON-MATERIAL... IT IS A SPIRIT [NON-CORPOREAL, NON-PHYSICAL BEING] SO DEFINITELY THE HYMEN CANNOT BE BROKEN LIKE THE WIND PASSING THROUGH A WALL WITHOUT BREAKING IT OR A SUNRAYS PASSING THROUGH THE GLASS WITHOUT MAKING A HOLE ON IT:

Matthew 1:18 This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.

THE INCARNATION AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF MARY WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY GOD WHO CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE:

Luke 1:36-37 Remember your relative Elizabeth. It is said that she cannot have children, but she herself is now six months pregnant, even though she is very old. FOR THERE IS NOTHING THAT GOD CANNOT DO."

AGAIN, THE ANGEL CATEGORICALLY EXPLAINED THAT THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HUMAN CAPABILITY IS POSSIBLE AND WAS TURNED INTO A REALITY BECAUSE GOD CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. IT WAS AN ACT OF GOD'S ALMIGHTY POWER INDEED. THE INCARNATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY GOD THE FATHER:

Hebrews 10:5 For this reason, when Christ was about to come into the world, he said to God: "You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me."

AND THE THE DIVINE LOGOS HIMSELF EFFECTED HIS OWN INCARNATION. IT WAS ALSO AN ACT OF THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF THE SON OF GOD:

Philippians 2:7 Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant. He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.

THE INCARNATION IS A UNITIVE ACT OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR THAT REASON, MATTHEW PROCLAIMED THAT THE PROPHECY HAD BEEN FULFILLED AS WILLED AND PREPARED BY THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT: MARY CONCEIVED AS A VIRGIN AND GAVE BIRTH AS A VIRGIN ALSO,

Matthew 1:22-23 Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet, "A VIRGIN will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

SHE WAS THE VIRGIN WHO BECAME PREGNANT AND THE SAME VIRGIN WHO DELIVERED A SON.

JESUS ENTERED WITHOUT BREAKING HER VIRGINITY AND HE CAME OUT WITHOUT BREAKING HER VIRGINITY.

YOU SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THAT THE CONCEPT OF A SEXUALLY VIRGIN WOMAN BUT WITH BROKEN HYMEN IS MOSTLY A MODERN DAY CONCERN. OUR OLD FOLKS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO HAVE A VERY CLEAR CONCEPT OF VIRGINITY: A PERSON WHOSE BODY WAS NEVER VIOLATED, INTACT, PURE... IT WAS PHYSICAL INTEGRITY, MORAL INTEGRITY AND SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY.

[Hope you can enlighten me with this Father.

Thanks!]

WELCOME.

August 26, 2010 6:12 PM