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The picture came to our stirring interest.
The painting of Mary, 3 years old, in her grotto learning from Joachim we wonder and wonder.
Who was the artist? It is a recovery difficult to find!
What was the story?
The Golden Legend leads to some clues, but nothing clear to "the running of the plank".
PRAYER IN HONOR OF SAINT JOACHIM
O great and glorious Patriarch, Saint Joachim, what
joy is mine when I consider that thou wast chosen among all God's holy ones to
assist in the fulfilment of the mysteries of God, and to enrich our earth with
the great Mother of God, Mary most holy! By this singular privilege, thou hast
become most powerful with both the Mother and her Son, so as to be able to
obtain for us the graces that are needful to us; with great confidence I have
recourse to thy mighty protection and I commend to thee all my needs and those
of my family, both spiritual and temporal; and especially do I entrust to thy
keeping the particular favour that I desire and look for from thy fatherly
intercession. And since thou wast a perfect pattern of the interior life,
obtain for me the grace of interior recollection and a spirit of detachment
from the transitory goods of this life, together with a lively and enduring
love for Jesus and Mary. Obtain for me in like manner a sincere devotion and
obedience to Holy Church and the sovereign pontiff who rules over her: to the
end that I may live and die in faith and hope and perfect charity, ever
invoking the holy names of Jesus and Mary, and may I thus be saved. Amen.
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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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This celebration, which follows Christ on the prerogatives of the
Mother, was introduced by Pope Sergius I (Sec VII) in the tradition of
Eastern Europe. The Nativity of the Virgin is closely linked to the
coming of the Messiah, as promised, and preparing fruit of salvation. Aurora
before the Sun of Justice, Mary foretells to the world the joy of the Savior. (Mess.
Rom.)
Martyrology: Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, born of
the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Judah, the house of King David, of whom
was born the Son of God made man by the Holy Spirit to free men from the
ancient the slavery of sin.
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Today
in the churches of the East and West they celebrate the birth of Mary, the
mother of the Lord. The source said that before the event is the
so-called Gospel of James, according to which Mary was born in Jerusalem in
the house of Joachim and Anna. Here in the fourth century it was built
the basilica of Saint Anne and the day of his dedication was celebrated the
Nativity of the Mother of God. The party then spread to Constantinople and
was introduced to the West by Sergio
I, a Syrian-born pope. "Those whom God foreknew, He also
predestined": Dante seems to
paraphrase the verse of St. Paul when he calls Mary "fixed term of the
eternal counsel."
Eternity,
the Father works for the preparation of the All-Holy, of her who was to
become the mother of his Son, the temple of the Holy Spirit. The
genealogy of Jesus given by Matthew culminates in the expression "Joseph
the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ." Mary,
therefore, the time has come the definitive David, the full establishment of
the kingdom of God. With his birth also takes shape the womb offered by
humanity to God so as to fulfil the Incarnation of the Word in human history. Maria
finally child is also an image of the new humanity, the one from which her
Son will take away the stony heart out to give her a heart of flesh that
welcomes in docility to the precepts of God.
Honouring
the Nativity of the Mother of God is the true meaning and purpose of this
event is the incarnation of the Word. In fact, Mary is born, nursed and
raised to be the Mother of the King of ages, of God. "And 'this indeed
why Mary's only (as well as St. John the Baptist and of course to Christ) is
not celebrated only the "birth in heaven", as with the other
saints, but also the coming into this world. In fact, the wonderful birth of
this is what we tell in great detail and with ingenuity the apocrypha, but
rather in significant God does step forward in the implementation of his
eternal design of love. This is why today's feast was celebrated with
wondrous praise by many Fathers, who have pooled their knowledge of the Bible
and their sensitivity and poetic ardor. We read some expression of the second
Sermon on the Nativity of Mary of St.
Peter Damian: "Almighty God, before man fell, foresaw his fall
and decided, before all ages, the human redemption. He decided to become
incarnate in Mary".
"Today is the day when God begins to put into practice his eternal plan, as it was necessary to be built the house, before the King came down to live there. Beautiful house, because, if Wisdom built a house with seven pillars work, this palace of Mary rests on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Solomon held so solemn inauguration of a temple of stone. As we celebrate the birth of Mary, temple of the Incarnate Word? In that day the glory of God descended on the temple Jerusalem in the form of cloud which darkened. The Lord who makes the sun shine in the heavens, for his dwelling among us has chosen darkness (1 Kings 8.10 to 12), Solomon said in his prayer to God. This new temple will be seen filled by the same God, who is to be the light of the nations. "To the darkness of paganism and the lack of faith of the Jews, represented by the Temple of Solomon, it happens bright day in the temple of Mary. And 'right, then, sing that day and she who was born in it." |
FROM GOLDEN LEGEND
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Arth213/Arena_Joachim.html
Story of Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin Mary (top register south wall)
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Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple
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Joachim's Return to the Sheepfold
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Annunciation to Anna
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Joachim's Sacrifice
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Vision of Joachim
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Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate
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Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple
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Golden
Legend: Sept 8: Nativity of the Virgin Mary: [Saint Jerome] relates
therefore that Joachim, who was of Galilee and of the town of Nazareth, took
to wife Saint Anna of Bethlehem. Both were just, and walked without reproach
in all the commandments of the Lord. They divided all their substance in
three parts, allotting one part to the Temple and its ministers, and another
to the poor and the pilgrims, reserving the third part to themselves and the
uses of their household. Thus they lived for twenty years, and had no issue
of their wedlock; and they made a vow to the lord that if He granted them
offspring, they would dedicate it to the service of God. For this they went
to Jerusalem to celebrate the three principal feasts of each year. And once,
when Joachim and his kinsmen went up to Jerusalem at the feast of the
Dedication, he approached the altar with them, in order to offer his
sacrifice. A priest saw him, and angrily drove him away, upbraiding him for
daring to draw near the altar of God, and calling it unseemly that one who
lay under the curse of the Law should offer sacrifice to the Lord of the Law,
or that a childless man, who gave no increase to the people of God, should stand
among men who bore sons. At this Joachim was covered with confusion, and was
ashamed to return to his home., lest he have to bear the contempt of his
kindred, who had heard all....
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Joachim's Return to the Sheepfold
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The
Golden Legend: (Sept 8: Nativity of the Virgin Mary): He went off
therefore and dwelt for some time among his shepherds.
Protoevangelion, I,5-6: ...he was exceedingly
distressed, and would not be seen by his wife: But retired into the
wilderness, and fixed his tent there and fasted forty days and forty nights.
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Annunciation to Anna
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The
Golden Legend: (Sept 8: Nativity of the Virgin Mary): Meanwhile Anna
wept bitterly, not knowing where her husband had gone. Then the same angel
appeared to her, and revealed to her the same things which he had announced
to Joachim, adding that as a sign she was to go to the Golden Gate of
Jerusalem, to meet her husband at his return.
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Sacrifice of Joachim
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The
Golden Legend : (Sept 8: Nativity of the Virgin Mary: But one day
when he was alone, an angel appeared to him, surrounded by dazzling light. He
was affrighted at the vision, but the angel bade him be without fear, saying:
"I, the Lord's angel, am sent to thee, to announce to thee that they
prayers are granted, and thine almsworks have ascended in the sight of the
Lord. I have seen thy shame, and heard the reproach of barrenness wrongfully
cast upon thee. For God indeed punishes not nature, but sin; and therefore,
when He closes a womb, it is only that He may later open it more wondrously,
and that all may know that what is born thereof is the fruit of lust but of
the divine munificence. Did not Sara, the first mother of your race, bear the
shame of barrenness until her ninetieth year, and yet bear Isaac, to whom was
promised the blessing of all nations? Did not Rachel also long remain barren,
and yet beget Joseph, who was the ruler of all of Egypt? Who was stronger
than Samson or holier than Samuel? Yet both of these were the sons of barren
mothers! Therefore believe my words and these examples: those conceived after
long delay, and begotten of sterile mothers, are wont to be admirable! Thus
Anna thy wife will bear thee a daughter, and thou shalt call her name Mary.
In accordance with your vow, she shall be consecrated to the Lord from her
infancy, and shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from her mother's womb; nor
shall she abide without, among the common folk, but within the Temple of the
Lord, lest aught of evil be thought of her. And as she wilkl be born of a
barren mother, so will she herself, in wondrous wise, beget the Son of the
Most High. Whose name will be called Jesus, and through Whom salvation will
come to all nations! And this will be a sign to thee: when thou shalt come to
the Gold Gate of Jerusalem, Anna thy wife will meet thee there, who now
grieves at thy tarrying, and then will rejoice to see thee!" And with
these words the angel left him.
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Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate
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The
Golden Legend (Sept 8, Nativity of the Virgin Mary): Thus it was,
following the angel's command, they came face to face [ at the Golden Gate],
and shared their joy over the vision which they had both seen, and over the
certainty that they were to have offspring. Then they adored God and set out
for their home, awaiting the Lord's promise in gladness of heart.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_and_Anne_Meeting_at_the_Golden_Gate
Giotto_-_Scrovegni_-_-06-_-_Meeting_at_the_Golden_Gate
Giotto di Bondone, Legend of St Joachim Meeting at the Golden Gate 1305 is an
early depiction of the scene.
Durer,_vita_della_vergine
Albrecht Dürer Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate 1504
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