Masarra Bulletin - Saint Mary

THE HOLY VIRGIN ST. MARY

ST. MARY WAS A VERY POOR GIRL, SHE HAD NOTHING TO BE MENTIONED, HER FIANCE WAS ALSO A POOR MAN AS HE WAS A SIMPLE CARPENTER, WHO USED TO WORK ALL THE DAY TO BRING THEIR FOOD.
* HEAVEN SELECTION:
GOD HAS CHOSEN THAT POOR GIRL TO BE HIS PHYSICAL MOTHER BECAUSE OF HER LOVE, HUMBLENESS, PATIENCE AND SILENCE. SHE HAD A DEEP CONNECTION WITH GOD AS SHE USED TO PRAY WITHOUT BEING TEPID BEARING ALL THE PEOPLE’S CHAT (TALK) ABOUT HER BEING PREGENANT WITHOUT MARRYING.
WHEN HER SON WAS HANGED UPON THE CROSS-, IT WAS LIKE A SWORD GOT TOWARDS HER HEART.
SHE WAS THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO DECLINED TOWARDS SILENCE, SORROW AND LOVE ALL TOGETHER, AND ALSO ST. VIRGIN HAD MANY OF THE QUALITIES AND VIRTUES WHICH MADE HER GOD’S MOTHER AND AMONG THOSE VIRTUES WAS HER FAITH, IT’S THE BEST VIRTUE IN THE WHOLE WORLD, HER FAITH WASN’T FOUND IN THE HUMAN HISTORY. LIKE TO BECOME PREGENANT WHILE SHE WAS A VIRGIN.
*SHE WAS DECENT AND MODEST:
AND THAT VIRTUE WAS A REASON FOR HER SELECTION AMONG ALL THE OTHER WOMEN OF HER TIME.

* HER SILENCE AND CONTEMPLATION:
THEY WERE THE BEST PROPERTIES OF ST. MARY. IT WAS THE BEST BLESS (BLISS) MARKED HER, AS LUKE SAYS “ BUT MARY KEPT ALL THESE WORDS THINKING OF THEM IN HER HEART “ (LUKE 2: 9). HER EMOTIONS WERE FOCUSED DEEP INISIDE HER.
THE HOLY VIRGIN SAW MANY SITUATIONS THAT NO ONE OF HER AGE COULD UNDERSTAND IT .SHE SAW THE ANGLEWHO GAVE GOOD NEWS TO HER. (WHO PRESAGE HER SHE ALSO SAW SPEAKING GOOD OF HER AND HONORED HER. SILENCE SHE SAW ALL THAT IN SILENCE AND CONTEN KEEPING ALL THAT IN HER HEART.

THE SYMBOLS AND PROPHECIES OF ST MARY
THESYMBOLS OF ST. MARY THROUGH THE BIBLE

     1.JACOB’S LADDER:
“ YOU ARE THE LADDER SEEN BY JACOB, WHICH IS FIXED ON EARTH. IT ROSE VERY HIGH TO HEAVEN, AND THE ANGELS WERE DESCENDING ON IT! “ (THEOTOKIA OF TUESDAY).
IT IS THE LADDER WHICH WAS SEEN BY JACOB (GENESIS 28: 10 – 14) AND WHICH JOINS THE EARTH TO HEAVEN .IT IS THE SAME THAT IS TO SAY, IT IS THROUGH VIRGIN MARY JESUS HAS BEEN BORN AND HAS RECONCILED BETWEEN THE HEAVENLY AND THE EARTHLY.
2. THE BURNING BUSH: (EXODUS 3: 1 – 5).
“ THE BUSH WHICH MOSES SAW IN THE WILDER NESS, WAS FLAMING, BUT ITS BRANCHES WERE NOT CONSUMED; IT IS THE TYPE OF MARY THE SPOTLESS VIRGIN.
FOR THE WORLD CAME AND HE HAS INCARNATED OF HER, THE FIRE OF HIS DIVINTY DID NOT CONSUME HER WOMB, AND SHE WAS VIRGIN EVEN AFTER HER CHILDBIRTH. (THEOTOKIA OF THURSDAY)
3. THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING:
THE THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY CALLS ST. MARY “THE SECOND DOME, THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY OF THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING “
                             IT IS CLEAR IN (EXODUS 40: 35) THAT MOSES WAS NOT ABLE TO ENTER THE TABERNACLE BECAUSE THE LORD SETTLED IN IT AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED IT. THUS ST. MARY IS THE TRUE TABERNACLE WHERE GOD DWELT AMONG HIS PEOPLE.
         4. THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY:
THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING IS GOD’S DWELLING AMONG HIS PEOPLE. HOWEVER THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY HAD TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE TABERNACLE SO THAT GOD CAN COME UPON IT. THIS IS HOWEVER IS SIMILAR TO GOD’S CHOICE TO ST. MARY.
THUS THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING IS THE HOLY PLACE AMONG GOD’S PEOPLE AND THE HEAVENLY, SANCTUARY IS THE HOLY PLACE WITHIN THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING AND VIRGIN MARY IS FOREVER THE SAINT AMONG GOD’S HOLY CHURCH.

5. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT:
“ AND THEY SHALL MAKE AN ARK OF ACCACIS…PUT INTO THE ARK, THE COVENANT, WHICH I SHALL GIVE YOU “ (EXODUS 25: 10, 16).
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IS COVERD ALL SIDES WITH GOLD AND INSIDE IT THERE IS THE GOLDEN POT, THE ROD OF AARON WHICH HAD SPROUTED AND THE TABLETS OF THE COVENANT. (HEBREWS 9: 4).
THERE ARE THREE SYMPOLS IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WHICH ARE:
(A) THE ARK CONTAINS THE TABLETS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY GOD’S FINGERS AND ST. MARY HAD HELD THE SON OF GOD HIMSELF.
(B) THIS ARK HAD BEEN MADE OF ACCACIA WOOD WHICH IS ILLIABLE TO BE MOTHED AND THIS IS SYMBOLIC TO ST. MARY’S PURITY.
(C) THROUGH THE ARK IS MADE OF WOOD, YET IT IS ALL COVERED FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WITH GOLD. ALSO IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT ST. MARY IS A HUMAN BEING AND OF HUMAN CLAY, AND INSPITE THAT SHE HAD BEEN BORN AS ANY GIRL HAD, YET SHE IS CONCEALED WITH PURE GOLD WHICH IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. AS IN HER WOMB THE DIVINITY UNITED WITH THE “ THE ANGEL ANSWERED, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU AND FOR THAT REASON THE CHILD TO BE BORN WILL BE CALLED SON OF GOD “ (LUKE 1: 35).
6. THE COVER OF THE ARK:
THE COVER OF THE ARK IS CALLED INHEBREW “ SEKINA” WHICH MEANS DWELLING PLACE, FOR IT REPRESENTS GOD’S SEAT OF MERCY OVER HAD BY TWO CHERUBIM. GOD APPEARAD BETWEEN THE CHERUBIM IN A BLUE COLOUR WHICH IS SYMBOLIC TO HEAVEN, AND FROM THERE GOD USED TO SPEAK TO MOSES.
ST. MARY IS THIS COVER, SYMBOL OF THE CHURCH WHERE GOD SITS ON HIS THRONE OF MERCY AMONG HIS PEOPLE, AND IT IS FILLED WITH HIS HEAVENLY CREATURES.
“ THOUSANDS AND TENTHOUSANDS (OF ANGELS) OVERSHADOW YOU ALSO, OH MARY! THEY PRAISE THEIR CREATOR, WHO DWELT IN YOUR WOMB, WHO TOOK OUR LIKENESS “ (THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY).
7. THE POT OF MANNA:
IN THE OLD TESTIMONY GOD HAD PROVIDED HIS PEOPLE WITH MANNA AS A FOOD, AND NOW HE IS GIVING US THE TRUE MANNA, WHO DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN TO THE VIRGIN WOMB I.E JESUS. THUS Virgin Mary WAS NOT JUST A POT, BUT JESUS HAS TAKEN HIS HUMAN BODY FROM HER.
“ YOU ARE THE PURE GOLDEN VESSEL MANNA, WHEREIN IS THE BREAD OF LIFE, WHICH CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND GRANTED LIFE TO THE WHOLE WORLD. …HE CAME OUT FROM THE FATHER, AND YOU HAVE BORN HIM IMMACULATELY…. HE GAVE US HIS PRECIOUS BODY AND BLOOD THAT WE MAY LIVE FOREVER! ” (THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY).
8. AARON’S ROD:
“ YOU ARE TRULY MORE SUPERIOR THAN AARON’S ROD, YOU ARE FULL OF GRACE…. WHAT IS THE ROD BUT “MARY “! THE ROD IS A SYMBOL OF HER VIRGINITY. SHE CONCEIVED AND BROUGHT FORTH THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH - THE WORD HIMSELF – WITHOUT HUMAN SEED “ (THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY).
“ THE ROD OF AARON, OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI, HAD SPROUTED AND PUT FORTH BUDS, HAD PRODUCED BLOSSOMS AND YIELDED RIPE ALMONDS ” (NUMBERS 17: 8).
THIS IS SIMILAR TO ST. MARY WHO HAD BORN JESUS CHRIST WITHOUT HUMAN SEED WHEN SHE WAS A VIRGIN.
THE ROD DID NOT PRODUCE BLOSSOMS EXCEPT ONE TIME, AND THIS IS THE SYMBOL TO THE Virgin Mary WHO REMAINED VIRGIN AFTER GOD’S BIRTH. FINALLY THE ROD AFTER BEING SPROUTED WAS PUT IN THE ARK OF COVENANT AND ST. MARY’S BODY WAS KEPT IN HEAVEN AFTER SHE HAD COMPLETED HER MESSAGE ON EARTH.

9. AARON’S CENSER:
“ I WOULD NOT BE SINNING IF I CALLS YOU THE GOLDEN CENSER. FOR THE CENSER BORE THE EXCELLENT CENSING INFRONT OF THE HOLIES AND YOU TOO MARY BORE IN YOUR WOMB WHOM NO CREATURE CAN BE HOLD HIS ESSENCE. HE IS THE ONE WHO LIFTED HIMSELF UP ON THE CROSS AS AN ACCEPTED ALTAR FOR SAVING OUR SOULS “ (THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY).
THE GOLDEN CEN SER IS ST. MARY AND ITS CONTAINER WHICH TAKES THE SHAPE OF A CUP IS A SYMBOL TO OUR SAVIOUR WHOM ST. MARY HAD BORN AND WHO HAD SAVED US AND HAD FORGIVEN OUR SINS.
AARONS CENSER WAS TO LIFT THE CENSING UP IN FRONT OF GOD CONTAINING THE FIRE COAL. ST. MARY HOWEVER BORE IN HER WOMB THE FIRE OF HIS DIVINITY AND SHE GAVE BIRTHS TO THE GOD OF GLORY WHO HAD LIFTED HIMSELF UP ON THE CROSS-AS AN ALTAR FOR SAVING US.
10. THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND:
“ ALL HEAVENLY CHOIRS CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH YOU, OH GOLDEN LAMPSTAND. HE WHO DWELT IN YOUR WOMB OH MARY THE VIRGIN, GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY BODY IN THE WORLD! HE IS THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHOM YOU BORE, AND WHO HEALED OUR SINS “ (THEOTOKIA OF SUNDAY).
ST. MARY BECAME SUPERIOR TO ALL HEAVENLY CREATURES BECAUSE OF THE TRUE LIGHT SHE BORE. HE SHINES AND NO CREATURE CAN BEHOLD HIS ESSENCE.
11. THE SWIFT CLOUD:
“ YOU ARE THE TRUE CLOUD THAT SHOWES US THE INTENTION OF THE DECLARATION OF THE ONLY GOD “ (THEOTOKIA OF WEDNESDAY).
“ SEE HOW THE LORD COMES RIDING SWIFTLY UPON A CLOUD, HE SHALL DESCEND UPON EGYPT, THE IDOLS OF EGYPT’S COURRAGE MELTS WITHIN HER “ (ISAIAH 19: 1).
THUS THE CLOUD WHICH JESUS RODE AND CAME TO EGYPT IS MARY THE VIRGIN WHO HAD BORE HIM WHEN HE WAS STILL A BABY AND ESCAPED WITH HIM TO EGYPT. THIS WAS TO FULFIL WHAT THE LORD HAD DECLARED THROUGH THE PROPHET “ I CALLED MY SON OUT OF EGYPT “ (HOSEA 11: 1, MATHEW 2: 13 – 15).
THE IMITATION SAYS THAT FROM THE MOMENT GOD AND ST. MARY PUT THEIR FEET ON EGYPT THE IDOLS OF EGYPT’S COURRAGE MELTS IN EVERY PLACE THE HOLY FAMILY WENT THROUGH.
12. THE SHUT GATE:
“ HE AGAIN BROUGHT ME AROUND TO THE OUTER GATE OF THE SANCTUARY FACING EASTWARDS AND IT WAS SHUT. THE LORD SAID TO ME, THIS GATE SHALL BE KEPT SHUT, IT WAS NOT TO BE OPENED, NO MAN MAY ENTER BY IT FOR THE LORD THE GOD OF ISRAELHAS ENTERED BY IT “ (EZEKILL 44: 1,2).
THIS SYMBOL CONFIRMS THE VIRGINITY OF ST. MARY FOR GOD HAS ENTERED AND WENT OUT AND THE GATE IS CLOSED.

13. A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN:
“ NOW A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN, A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN WITH THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, AND ON HER HEAD A GARLAND OF TWELVE STARS, THEN BEING WITH CHILD, SHE CRIED OUT IN LALM AND IN PAIN TO GIVE BIRTH…AND SHE BORE A MALE CHILD WHO WAS TO RULE ALL NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON AND HER CHILD, WAS CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND TO HIS THRONE “ (REVELATION 12: 1,2,5).
IN THE NEW TESTMENT, THIS SYMBOLE VERITIES THE VIRGIN’S HONOUR IN THE CHURCH FOR SHE IS THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN AND THE SUN HERE IS SYMBOL TO GOD JESUS, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (MALACHI 4: 2). THE MOON UNDER HER FEET IS A SYMBOL TO JOHN THE BAPTIST WHO AS AN ANGEL CAME TO PREPARE THE WAY TO GOD. THE TWELVE STARS IS A SYMBOL TO THE TWELVE DISAPLES SURROUNDING AND HONOURING HER.

14. THE FLOWER OF THE CENSING:
THE CENSING IN THE CHURCH IS THE TRUE INDICATION OF GOD’S TRUE PRESENCE IN CHURCH WHERE THE HOLY SECRETS ARE MADE. THUS FOR THE IMPORTANCE AND THE HOLINESS OF THE CENSING AND ALSO FOR ITS BELONGING TO THE HOLY GOD, THE LORD HAS GIVEN MOSES THE MATERIALS (SUBSTANCES) FROM WHICH THIS CENSING IS MADE.
THIS CENSING IS THE RESULT OF A FLOWER WHICH IS PLANTED IN THE GROUND AND THIS FLOWER IS ST. MARY, THE BEAUTIFULL, THE GOOD SCENT AND THE HOLY FLOWER BOTH IS BODY AND SOUL. THUS SHE HADN’T GIVEN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD A FLOWER FROM WHICH THE CENSING IS MADE BUT SHE HAD GIVEN US FROM HER PURE WOMB THE GOD OF EARTH AND HEAVEN TO WHOM THE CENSING IS BEING REPRESENTED. HE IS THE PURE SCENT THAT REFRESHED ALL THE CREATURS. THUS WE CALL ST. MARY IN THE MORNING PRAYER “ YOU ARE THE HONOURED MOTHER OF LIGHT…FOR YOU ARE THE UNCHAGED AND THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER.
15. NOAH’S ARK:
AS IT IS THROUGH NOAH’S ARK THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE RESCUED FROM THE FLOOD, IT’S ALSO THROUGH ST. MARY THAT THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD CAME OUT.
ALSO AS NOAH’S ARK HAD ENTERED TO THE DEPTH OF THE WATER AND IT WAS SAFE, ST. MARY LIVED IN THE WORLD (WHICH FULL OF EVILS) IN PURITY, HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND AS IN ARK WAS FLOATING ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER; ST. MARY IS FLOATING OVER ALL THE HUMAN BEINGS AND THE ANGELS.
16. THE BEAUTIFUL DOVE:
THE CHURCH CALLS ST. MARY THE BEAUTIFUL DOVE SAYING: “ HAIL TO MARY, THE BEAUTIFUL DOVE WHO BROUGHT FORTH GOD, THE WORD".
THE DOVE ANNOUNCED NOAH’S WITH THE SUBSIDENCE OF THE WATER BY A NEWLY PLUCKED OLIVE LEAF IN HER BEAK. ST. MARY HAD HELD THE SAVIOUR TO THE WORLD SO THAT WHOSEVER ENTERS IN HIS BREAST MIGHT BE GIVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF HIS SINS.
17. THE GATES OF ZION:
ZION IS THE CITY OF DAVID AND AS THE PSALM SAYS: “ FOR THE LORD HAS CHOSEN ZION AND DESIRED IT FOR HIS HOME. THIS IS MY RESTING PLACE FOR EVER; HERE WILL I MAKE MY HOME, FOR SUCH IS MY DESIRE “ (PSALMS 132: 13,14).
ST. MARY IS BEING SYMBOLIZED TO THE GATES OF ZION AS GOD HAS CHOSEN AND LOVED HER MORE THAN ALL ISRAEL GIRLS. ALSO SHE HAS FOUND GRACE IN GOD’S EYES MORE THAN THE OTHERS.

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