Prayer of Emebetachin
The first line of the prayer of our Lady. Tselote Egzeitine Mariam.
What is "My Soul Magnifies the Lord"?
This is the virtue that led her to say I wish I could serve the woman that is to bear the messiah.
What is humility?
The mystery that God took our humanity and became man.
What is the Incarnation?
The prefiguration of St. Mary in the old Testament that Moses saw on Mount Sinai
What is "the burning bush"?
His mother, God(Emmanuel's) mother.
Who is Emebetachin to God?
The type of people that Emebetachin says the Lord will humble.
Who are the proud or prideful?
This virtue is the reason for her saying yes to God all the time.
What is obedience?
She prays for us and intercedes for us. She guides us by prayer and her presence. She leads us to repentance and to union with her Son. She serves as a loving mother and protector to us.
What is her role and relationship to us in our spiritual lives?
The prefiguration of St. Mary Jacob saw in his dream.
What is the "ladder connecting heaven and earth"?
Her virginity did not change, but she remained a virgin before giving birth to, during giving birth, and after giving birth to Christ.
She is ever virgin.
Did Emebetachin's virginity ever change because of her becoming a mother?
The main theme of the prayer of our lady
What is Humility?
Because of this virtue she trusted God with all of her heart even throughout suffering.
What is Faith?
She was set apart for God the Word to take flesh of her flesh, and soul of her soul to become man.
What is the role of Emebetachin St. Mary in our salvation?
In this important date of Emebetachin's life, at the age of three years old, she was officially given to God by her parents.
This illustrated how her life was consecrated for God.
What is "Beata Le'Mariam" or the day she entered the temple?
The uncontainable God became man, and the one who cannot be carried was carried by Emebetachin. This is a great___.
What is the mystery of St. Mary's bearing God?
Emebetachin's reference to Eve(Hewan) and herself in her prayer.
What is "He has looked at the humble(lowly state) of His servant?"
This virtue of Emebetachin lead her to endure everything for Christ's sake and to follow Him her whole life. It's also the reason why she's our mother.
What is love?
God bestows mercy upon all of creation and any individual through this covenant by the intercession of St. Mary.
What is the covenant of mercy( Kidane Miheret)?
The day St. Gabriel told St. Mary she would bear the Son of God.
The day that marks the beginning of our salvation, where we received that good news from St. Gabriel.
What is the anunciation?
She became the New Tabernacle(dwelling place of God), the true burning bush(containing the divine fire), the true ladder (connecting heaven and earth).
It is an example of what we should desire in prayer and how we should pray.
What is the purpose of the prayer of Emebetachin?
This virtue shows that all of St. Mary was committed to God, including her mind body and soul.
What is purity?
Christ giving St. Mary to St. John and all of humanity at the foot of the cross established her role as __ forever?
How is St. Mary our mother?
God placed these throughout the bible to give His people hope, something to look forward to, and something to hold onto by faith.
What are prefigurations and symbols in the bible(especially the Old Testament?
She is greater than all of creation, and below only God.
What is St. Mary's place in the kingdom of God?