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Actually we know little of Miriam aside from what is told in
the Bible. Legend claims that she was
born to her parents Joachim and Anna in their old age. She was devout and at a young age was
betrothed to Yoseph, who became here husband.
While still young, the angel announced to her that she would become the
mother of God's child. She asks how this
can happen since she is a virgin. The
angel announces that God's spirit will take care of this, to which Miriam
responds, "be it unto me according to your will, expressing great faith
that not only will God do this, but that he will protect her from people
assuming adultery, which was punishable by death.
Later at the wedding in Canna, she tells the servants,
"To do whatever he tells you," a message which we need to regard as
well. She is also present at the
crucifixion, and is one of the 120 present at the first Christian Pentecost,
where she and others receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
While we don't receive an in depth picture of her life, we
do see her faith, and our need to imitate it.
According to the Bible and legend, John the Evangelist took her into his
home, and she travelled with him to Ephesus,
where she died on the 15th of August.
Readings:
Isaiah 61:10-11
Psalm 34 or 34:1-9
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 1:46-55
Heavenly Father, you raised up Miriam to be the Theotokous,
the mother of our Lord Yeshuah haMoshiach, grant that we like her may say, “be
it unto me according to your word,” and to obey her instructions, “do whatever
he tells you to do. In the name of her
son, Yeshuah, we pray. Amen.
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