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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - SS Joachim and Ann
DESCRIPTION:SHE CALLED HER MARY \nFrom the Protoevangelium of James4 \n◊◊◊ \nIn the records of the twelve tribes of Israel was Joachim\, a man rich exceedingly… And he searched\, and found that all the righteous had raised up seed in Israel. And he called to mind the patriarch Abraham\, that in the last day God gave him a son Isaac. And Joachim was exceedingly grieved\, and did not come into the presence of his wife; but he retired to the desert\, and there pitched his tent\, and fasted forty days and forty nights\, saying in himself: I will not go down either for food or for drink until the Lord my God shall look upon me… \nAnd his wife Anna… went down to the garden to walk. And she saw a laurel\, and sat under it\, and prayed to the Lord\, saying: O God of our fathers\, bless me and hear my prayer\, as You blessed the womb of Sarah\, and gave her a son Isaac. \nAnd gazing towards the heaven\, she saw a sparrow’s nest in the laurel\, and made a lamentation in herself\, saying: Alas! Who begot me? And what womb produced me?… Alas! To what have I been likened? I am not like these waters\, because even these waters are productive before You\, O Lord. Alas! To what have I been likened? I am not like this earth\, because even the earth brings forth its fruits in season\, and blesses You\, O Lord. \nAnd\, behold\, an angel of the Lord stood by\, saying: Anna\, Anna\, the Lord has heard your prayer\, and you shall conceive\, and shall bring forth; and your seed shall be spoken of in all the world. And Anna said: As the Lord my God lives\, if I beget either male or female\, I will bring it as a gift to the Lord my God; and it shall minister to Him in holy things all the days of its life. And\, behold\, two angels came\, saying to her: Behold\, Joachim your husband is coming with his flocks. For an angel of the Lord went down to him\, saying: Joachim\, Joachim\, the Lord God has heard your prayer. Go down hence; for\, behold\, your wife Anna shall conceive. And Joachim went down and called his shepherds\, saying: Bring me hither ten she- lambs without spot or blemish\, and they shall be for the Lord my God; and bring me twelve tender calves\, and they shall be for the priests and the elders; and a hundred goats for all the people. And\, behold\, Joachim came with his flocks; and Anna… saw Joachim coming\, and she ran and hung upon his neck\, saying: Now I know that the Lord God has blessed me exceedingly; for\, behold… I the childless shall conceive… \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd Joachim brought his offerings\, and… when he went up to the altar of the Lord… he saw no sin in himself. And Joachim said: Now I know that the Lord has been gracious unto me\, and has remitted all my sins. And he went down from the temple of the Lord justified\, and departed to his own house… And in the ninth month Anna brought forth. And she said to the midwife: What have I brought forth? And she said: A girl. And said Anna: My soul has been magnified this day. And she laid her down. And the days having been fulfilled\, Anna was purified\, and gave the breast to the child\, and called her…Mary \n\n\n4 Protoevangelium of James. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm Accessed July 18\, 2023. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n 
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