Statue of Mary in 2nd
floor hall A Rosary
By: Tony D.
We chose Mary the Mother of God to represent our
school. We want our students to act like
her, from her kind and charming manner, to her sinless self. She showed bravery and courage when accepting
to be the mother of God’s only son knowing full well that there would be much
trouble ahead. We often say prayers to
Mary in Mass and in the classrooms. The
entire month of May is dedicated to our Holy Mother.
Mary lived her life as a normal girl; carrying the large
jars of water, grinding the wheat into flour, making the wool into flower, and
preparing dishes for dinner. Mary learned
some of her best lessons by just looking at the simple things and seeing them
in a different way. She lived in a rural
land in
Mary’s faith was uncontested in the Jewish faith. In a place where war and fighting was
everywhere you looked her faith still could not be shaken. Despite her strong faith she still rarely
stood out even to her closet friends.
Men still had almost all of the authority so she was still just thought
of as a wife and mother. When Mary was
about fifteen her parents arranged for her to get married to a carpenter as it
was custom. That all changed one
day.
One day when Mary was going about her usual day an angel
appeared before her and said she would have a child by the Holy Spirit. Mary replied,”I am the handmaid of the Lord
let what you have said be done to me.”
After the angel left Mary was troubled with many questions. She had to find a way to try to explain this
to Joseph. While she was thinking of a
solution to tell him Joseph had a dream in where an angel told him the
situation and to name the baby Jesus also he must still marry Mary. That was the day that changed Mary’s life
forever. Before then she would just go
about her every day schedule like everyone else.
All through the years Mary stayed with her son. Even at his death when all the disciples fled
and denied him as their leader Mary still stayed with him. She faced many problems and difficulties all
through her life, whether it was when she lost him at the
We try
to act like Mary in every way. In the
paragraphs above I showed you how Mary devoted her life to Jesus and showed
bravery by staying with Jesus all through his life. She would never forsake him like the
disciples did. Their have been many
feast days that honor the Holy Mother.
That is why we chose Mary as the patron of our school.
Front of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary School Stain glass
of Mary in church
Statue of Mary