I am a relative of Elizabeth, wife of the priest Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah. I was also from House of David and so of the tribe of Judah. I resided at Nazareth in Galilee with my parents. It was during my betrothal – the first stage of a Jewish marriage - the angel Gabriel announced that I was to be the mother of the promised Messiah by conceiving him through the Holy SpiritMy soon to be husband, Joseph, was told of my conception in a dream by an angel of the Lord, he was surprised; but the angel told him to be unafraid and take me as his wife, which Joseph did, thereby formally completing the wedding rites.A decree of the Roman Emperor Giaus Octavian Caesar Augustus which called for a census. We were to report to Bethlehem enrollment so that we could be part of the Census of Quirinius. We had difficulty finding room at an inn, but a nice innskeeper let us stay in his manger, where I gave birth to my son Jesus.People from afar traveled to see my son, and when word reached King Herod of the birth of the Messiah, he ordered all infants killed. We fled to Egypt and awaited until it was safe to return. We returned after King Herod's death and lived in Nazareth.My son lived with us until it was time for him to go forth and preach the word of his true father, God. After Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist and his temptations by the devil in the desert. I was present when Jesus worked his first public miracle at the marriage in Cana by turning water into wine at her intercession. I was present when they crucified my son.Then the time came for me to join my son. I died on 15 August and ascended into heaven to be with my son.
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