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| 3 Say: The angel Gabriel told Mary that she had “found favor with the Lord.” That is a wonderful thing, but what did it mean for Mary’s life? Let’s make a list of how Mary’s life went after the angel’s visit. Ask students to make a list on the newsprint with you. It would include the following: • Mary had to face Joseph and tell him the story—something he found hard to believe. • Mary and Joseph had to face their family and friends with this pregnancy out of wedlock. • Mary had to make a long tiring trip in her last stages of pregnancy—not because the foreign masters of her country ordered it. • Mary had to be satisfied with less-than-wonderful accommodations at the end of that trip—and then give birth there without the assistance of a midwife or anyone else other than her husband. • Mary and Joseph and their baby had to flee to another country to save his life. • Upon their return to Nazareth, life was probably pretty normal, except Mary certainly had to wonder what the future held for her unusual son. • When Jesus began his ministry, he was loved by humble people but hated by many of those in power. How does that make a mother feel? • In the end, Jesus alienated enough people that they put him on trial, tortured him horribly, and finally executed him in a most excruciating form of death. Mary witnessed it all. Continued... |
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