Mary, Weaver of Purple and Scarlet | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector

As we come closer to the end of Advent and the arrival of Jesus at Christmas, our attention naturally turns toward his mother, Mary. During our Adult Education sessions this season, we’ve explored the history of Mary, and the many devotions that have developed around her. There is one legend about her, though, that I haven’t yet told.

According to this apocryphal story, as a young girl Mary was accomplished in weaving well beyond her years. She was chosen along with six other virgins to spend her childhood in the Jerusalem Temple in order to weave the veil of the Temple. Because she was also the chosen one of God to bear the Christ child, she was visited daily, and even fed, by angels! Mary particularly worked with the purple and the scarlet thread, and when she was sent home to Nazareth to spin them, the angel Gabriel appeared to announce her special role as the mother of Jesus….

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