Friday, April 6, 2012

How shall it be?



By Shimelis Margia
29/07/2004
“For if the word spoken by angel was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a jest recompense of reward, how shall escape” (Heb.2:2-3)
When St. Virgin Mary heard the greeting of that angel she disturbed, and didn’t understand the accidental revelation and unfamiliar speech of the angle. But she didn’t try to flee from hearing the word of the angel. Instead of this, in order to understand the message of the good tiding, she asked, “How this shall be, seeing I know not man?
St. Mary knows that to obey the word of Holy angel brings to her the grace of God; however, the message was contrasted with her vow that she vowed to God to live as Virgin. Therefore she asked the angel “seeing I know not a man” that means I vowed to God to continue as virgin, so how can it be?
The question of St. Mary is indeed correct. Because cancelling the vow to God is great sin. What says the bible in Ecclesiastes “better is it that you should not vow, that you should vow and not pay, suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin.(Ecc.5:4-5)