Happy Blessed Birthday Mother Mary!
September 8, 2017
QUESTION?
Where was Mary born?
ANSWER!
In Jerusalem, in a grotto near the Temple & near the Bethesda pool. This is where she was immaculately conceived by St Anne & St Joachim. The protoevangelium of James goes on to describe how Mary's parents, along with the temple priests, subsequently decided that she would be offered to God as a consecrated Virgin for the rest of her life, and enter a chaste marriage with the carpenter Joseph.
QUESTION?
Where was Mary assumed into heaven?
ANSWER!
She was assumed into heaven on Mount Zion, a Catholic Church marks the spot where Mary fell into her eternal sleep, the Church is called “Dormition Abbey.”