The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Scriptures tell us nothing about the parents of the Virgin Mother, not even their names. An early but unreliable document, known as the Proto-Gospel (or Proto-Evangelion) of James, calls them Ann and Joachim, by which names they are customarily known. Our only real information about them, however, is an inference from the kind of daughter they reared.


Anne and Joachim - 26 July - Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, heavenly Father, who settest the solitary in families: We thankfully remember before thee this day the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and we humbly entrust to thy never-failing care the homes in which thy people dwell; that we may be made very members of the heavenly family of thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.


The Epistle - Proverbs 31:10-31


The Gospel - St. Matthew 13:44-52


Reference and Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anne
http://www.commonprayer.org/calend/propers/par_mary.cfm
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/07/26.html
http://www.episcopalnet.org/1928bcp/propers/Missal/July26.html

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