Answer: Jewish religion
Mary was born into a strongly devout Jewish family. The New Testament specially says that Mary strictly followed the laws of the Jews by presenting her baby at the Temple in Jerusalem at the prescribed time (Luke 2:22-38). Luke 2:39 then says, "And when they had fulfilled all things prescribed by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, and their own town of Nazareth". Mary, as a woman of her time, would have been heavily educated in the Hebrew Bible. She would have taught this Bible to her son. The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament, will be referred to later in the quiz.
From Quiz: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Answer: The sun spun in the sky and appeared to be falling to the earth
The Fatima apparitions occurred to three young shepherd children, Lucia de Jesus Santos (ten years old), and her cousins, Francisco (eight years old) and Jacinta Marto (six years old). Word spread quickly about the apparitions around Portugal and the Catholic world. However, many people criticised their authenticity. They asked for a sign. The children reported the Virgin Mary would again appear to them on October 13. Many thousands gathered in Fatima for the event. Soon the sign appeared. As reported by an eyewitness, Dr. Almeida Garrett, PhD, of Coimbra University, "The sun's disc did not remain immobile. This was not the sparkling of a heavenly body, for it spun round on itself in a mad whirl. Then, suddenly, one heard a clamor, a cry of anguish breaking from all the people. The sun, whirling wildly, seemed to loosen itself from the firmament and advance threateningly upon the earth as if to crush us with its huge and fiery weight. The sensation during those moments was terrible. During the solar phenomenon, which I have just described in detail, there were changes of color in the atmosphere..."
From Quiz: Virgin Mary...Hey, Have You Seen Her?
Answer: The Moors
According to Portuguese tradition, Mary, "Our Lady of Balsamao", appeared to heal the wounded Christians who had been fighting the Moors. A statue of this vision of Mary is known as "The Divine Nurse". On the statue Mary holds a vase filled with white Balsam flowers. Since 1754, The Marian Fathers have been the caretakers of this statue which is in the Shrine of the Divine Nurse, in Balsamao, Portugal.
From Quiz: For It Was Mary
Answer: David
Her father, St. Joachim, was believed to be descended from the family of David.
Her mother, St. Anne, was believed to be descended from the family of Aaron.
From Quiz: Mary, the Mother of God
Answer: 1950
Pope Pius XII declared the truth of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 1st November, 1950. The Roman Catholic feast day for the Assumption is on 15th August of every year. The Popes very rarely speak dogmatically, so the importance of this matter is clear.
From Quiz: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Answer: Beauraing, Belgium
The visionaires were Fernande Voisin, a fifteen year old girl, Andree Degeimbre, aged fourteen, and her sister Gilberte Degeimbre, aged nine, Albert Voisin, aged eleven, and his sister, Gilberte Voisin, age nine. When the children asked the Virgin what she wanted, she told them "Always be good." Another time, she told them to "Pray always" (with emphasis on "always"). Fifteen thousand people gathered on December 8, 1932, expecting to see a great miracle but they just saw the children in ecstasy. A few spectators held lit matches under the children's hands, shone bright lights in their eyes, and pricked them with pins but the children neither blinked, nor showed any pain or discomfort.
From Quiz: Virgin Mary...Hey, Have You Seen Her?
Answer: Ireland
The Shrine of "Our Lady of Knock", is in Knock, Ireland. It has been said that Mary, "Our Lady of Knock", appeared at the parish church door in this village. In an apparition, which is said to have occurred on August 21, 1879, the Blessed Mother Mary, with Saint John and Saint Joseph, were seen in a blinding flash of light. Simultaneously an altar with a Lamb and a Cross was also seen. On September 20 1979, the Shrine to "Our Lady of Knock" was visited by Pope John Paul II.
From Quiz: For It Was Mary
Answer: Saint John, the Disciple and Apostle
Please see chapter 19, verses 25-27 of St John's gospel. Saint John refers to himself as "the disciple standing by, whom He loved". These words of Jesus are interpreted by the Roman Catholic Church as a statement that henceforth Mary became the mother of all mankind. Thus Mary is often referred to as our Heavenly Mother.
From Quiz: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Answer: 1933, Banneux Belgium
The Virgin Mary appeared eight times to Mariette Bero, twelve years old, in Banneux (then a poor section of Belgium). The first visit was January 15. Mariette was looking out her kitchen window and saw the Virgin Mary beckoning her to come outside. Mariette's mother feared it was a witch and wouldn't let Mariette open the door and go outside. On January 18, Mariette was in her front garden praying the rosary and the Virgin appeared. The Virgin guided her to a small stream nearby and said "This steam is for all nations...for the sick!" She asked for a chapel to be built there and for the people to "Pray much." Today millions come to visit the shrine at Banneux.
From Quiz: Virgin Mary...Hey, Have You Seen Her?
Answer: In a chapel
The Blessed Mother Mary appeared to the young Parisian novice, Catherine Laboure, in the chapel of the Mother-house of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity on November 27, 1830. In this vision, Mary asked that a medal be constructed commemorating the apparition that Catherine saw. One side of the medal shows an image of Mary, "O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee" encircling her. On the reverse side of the medal there is a large "M" topped by a cross with twelve stars surrounding the "M".. Below the "M" there are two flaming hearts, one with a crown of thorns above it, and the other heart pierced by a sword. In 1836 the Roman Catholic Church accepted the vision and the creation of the medal which it called "The Miraculous Medal". In 1945, Catherine Laboure was canonized by Pope Pius XII.
From Quiz: For It Was Mary
