NEUOFFENBARUNG← The Childhood and Youth of Jesus · Part 1 · Contents
Mary's childlike-innocent conversation with God and the response from above. 1 August 1843
01] Soon after the angel disappeared, Mary praised and glorified the Lord God in her heart:
02] "O who am I, o Lord, that You grant me such grace? –
03] I am to become pregnant without ever having known a man; because I do not even know what differentiates a man from me.
04] Would I then really know what it is: to be pregnant? O Lord! I know nothing of this!
05] Do I even know what it is, when one says: 'Look, a woman gives birth'? – O Lord! Be merciful to me; I am a maidservant of just fourteen years and have only heard of all this – but actually know nothing about it!
06] Oh, what will happen to me, a poor maiden, when I am pregnant – and do not know, what this condition is!
07] What will the father, Joseph, say when I tell him, or when he notices, that I am pregnant?!
08] However there cannot be anything bad in being pregnant, especially when a maidservant such as Sarah was once chosen for it by the Lord Himself?
09] Then I have often heard in the temple how delighted the women are when they are pregnant!
10] So there must be something really good and blissful about being pregnant, and I will surely also rejoice, when it is given to me from the Lord that I will be pregnant!
11] But when, when will this happen, and how? – Or has it already happened? Am I already pregnant, or will it happen later?
12] O Lord! O eternal Saint of Israel, give me, your poor maidservant, a sign, as to when this will happen so that I may exalt and glorify You for it!"
13] At these words, a luminous whiff of air wafted towards Mary and a soft voice spoke to her:
14] "Mary! Do not trouble yourself in vain; you have conceived, and the Lord is with you! – Do your work, and complete it, for no more work of such quality will be done for the temple!"
15] Here Mary kneeled, prayed to God and praised Him for such grace. – After she had praised the Lord, she arose and took up her work.