St. Mary, the Mother of God
Saint Mary is an exemplar
for
every
person
–
Christian and even non-
believer. She is mentioned
throughout the Divine
Liturgy, the prayers in the
Coptic Books of Hours
(Agbeya), and through
many other services in the
Orthodox Church. But the
question lies – why is Saint
Mary a great role model in
our faith?
I will highlight three main
points that reveal how
amazingly she served
and placed others before
herself.
Firstly, Saint Mary began
serving her life to God
praying in the temple at
the age of 12. This is the
first stage which we know
of where serves the Lord.
The next service she
helped with was when
she immediately visited
Elizabeth, the mother of
John the Baptist, and
helped her give birth to
John. This shows us how
helping others is a type of
service.
Lastly, she helped during
the wedding of Cana
when there was no more
wine at the celebration.
She interceded to Christ
and he performed the first
miracle as is recorded in
the Gospel according to
St. John. Saint Mary had a
great amount of faith and
belief that Jesus, being the
Son of God, will fulfil this
miracle. Service must be
done with faith and belief
in God.
From these three main
events, we can learn a
45
variety of things which
brings to mind a sermon I
heard by about joy - funnily
enough, joy can be used
as an acrostic poem
J-Jesus
O- Others
Y- yourself
Therefore, serving others
brings joy within a person
and everyone can become
much happier when they
serve.