25/07/2021
JULY 26 | MEMORIAL OF STS. JOACHIM AND ANNE, PARENTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Sts. Joachim and Anne, are venerated by the Church as the parents of the Virgin Mary. All information about the two saints comes from the 'Gospel of James', an apocryphal book of the second century.
Anne, whose name means 'Grace', was probably informed by an angel that the daughter she was about to conceive would be spoken of in all the world. In the sixth century a church was dedicated to her in Constantinople, and from the Middle Ages her veneration became very popular.
Joachim, who has been honored since the 6th Century, is often represented as teaching little Mary to read the Scriptures.
(from: My First Book of Saints)
PRAYER
O Lord, God of our Fathers, who bestowed on Saints Joachim and Anne this grace, that of them should be born the Mother of your incarnate Son, grant, through the prayers of both, that we may attain the salvation you have promised to your people. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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