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When everyone around you sees
An ordinary life,
Fit for nothing more than common dreams,
I can see the stars of heaven
Shining in your eyes.
Soon the world will hear the angels sing.

Mary, I know it’s hard to understand...
You hold the Light of the world in your hands.

I choose you to bring the world a Savior.
I choose you to bring the world a King.
I choose you to be the arms of love that hold the Answer
For the world to see My promises come true...
I choose you.

I know there are many questions
Weighing on your mind:
What is becoming of your life?
Oh, just remember I have called you
To leave your fears behind -
To walk by faith and not by sight.

Mary, I know it’s all a mystery;
My hand is leading if you’ll only believe.

I choose you to bring the world a Savior.
I choose you to bring the world a King.
I choose you to be the arms of love that hold the Answer
For the world to see My promises come true...
I choose you.

And He shall be called Emmanuel,
Wonderful, Prince of Peace.

I choose you to bring the world a Savior.
I choose you to bring the world a King.

I choose you to bring the world a Savior.
I choose you to bring the world a King.
I choose you to be the arms of love that hold the Answer
For the world to see My promises come true...
I choose you, oh.

I choose, I choose you, oh...
For the world to see My promises come true...
Oh, for the world to see My love come shining, I . . .

( I choose you, I choose you, I choose you, I choose you,
I choose you, I choose you, I choose you, I choose you,
I choose you, I choose you, I choose you, I choose you,
I choose you, I choose you, I choose you, I choose you,
I choose you, I choose you, I choose you. . . )

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who knew not wedlock.

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immaculate Mary

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the all-pure and all-blameless Lady.

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Originally posted by TGB

The Catholic Church down the street from me:

Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility

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Wesley

Luther

Calvin

Zwingli

Bullinger

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Originally posted by Leviathan

[quote]Mary was a wonderful woman, but even haer last words recorded in the bible were 'Listen to my son, and do what HE tell you'

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http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/byzantine_theology_j_meyendorf.htm#_Toc26430271

The only doctrinal definition on Mary to which the Byzantine Church was formally committed is the decree of the Council of Ephesus which called her the Theotokos, or "Mother of God." Obvious Christological and not Mariological...

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...the boundless expressions of Marian piety and devotion in the Byzantine liturgy are nothing other than an illustration of the doctrine of hypostatic union of divinity and humanity in Christ. In a sense, they represent a legitimate and organic way of placing the somewhat abstract concepts of fifth- and sixth-century Christology on the level of the simple faithful.

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http://oca.org/pages/orth_chri/Orthodox-Faith/Worship/Nativity-of-the-Theotokos.html

(Good text.)

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The fact that there is no Biblical verification of the facts of Mary's birth is incidental to the meaning of the feast. Even if the actual background of the event as celebrated in the Church is questionable from an historical point of view, the divine meaning of it "for us men and for our salvation" is obvious. There had to be one born of human flesh and blood who would be spiritually capable of being the Mother of Christ, and she herself had to be born into the world of persons who were spiritually capable of being her parents.

The feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, therefore, is a glorification of Mary's birth, of Mary herself and of her righteous parents. It is a celebration as well of the very first preparation of the salvation of the world. For the "Vessel of Light," the "Book of the Word of Life," the "Door to the Orient," the "Throne of Wisdom" is being prepared on earth by God himself in the birth of the holy girl-child Mary.

The verses of the feast are filled with titles for Mary such as those in the quotations above. They are inspired by the message of the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments. The specific Biblical readings of the feast give indications of this.

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Originally posted by PotOnWheel

Feel'n, I could grant you ground if you said that we have a hard time knowing from what little scripture gives us.

But you CAN'T proove from scripture that Mary had any other kids.

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But you CAN'T proove from scripture that Mary had any other kids

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Mary had other children
Matthew 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?"

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Originally posted by Leviathan

Very nice Sis...

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But you CAN'T proove from scripture that Mary had any other kids

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Mary had other children
Matthew 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?"

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Also Jesus Mother and brothers came to visit Jesus!

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