Comments on: Mother Mary Went The Distance

By: Welcome Christmas! Pull Up A Chair | MORMON SOPRANO

Welcome Christmas! Pull Up A Chair | MORMON SOPRANO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:01:45 +0000

[...] Mother Mary Went The Distance – Pondering and honoring the First Lady of Christmas [...]

By: Mormon Soprano

Mormon Soprano — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:06:50 +0000

Thanks for your comment Jeanna! I agree.

By: Jeanna

Jeanna — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:17:34 +0000

I’ve also had that thought about riding on a donkey when nine months pregnant–no thank you! I’ll walk. It always makes me laugh when she’s portrayed as being in labor on the donkey! Um, no.

Thanks for the mileage indications–I would have had no idea about how far she traveled. Wow. Good food for thought.

By: Mormon Soprano

Mormon Soprano — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:49:09 +0000

Stargazermom,
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. Merry Christmas, MoSop

By: Stargazermom

Stargazermom — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:47:39 +0000

Yes, to everything except she probably didn’t have any Braxton-Hicks contractions. Those are usually more noticeable after the first pregnancy. Wonderful sentiments.

By: Mormon Soprano

Mormon Soprano — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:53:07 +0000

Heather – excellent point. (Not to mention the effect the smell of sitting on a sweating donkey would have!)

By: Heather at Women in the Scriptures

Heather at Women in the Scriptures — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:31:38 +0000

Wonderful insights! Personally, I think that Mary probably walked to Bethlehem instead of rode the donkey. I’ve been on a donkey and I’ve been 9 months pregnant and I can say I think it would be more torture to try to ride a donkey being that big than it would be to walk!

By: Mary and Elisabeth; Mary's Magnificat (Bible Video) | Mormon Women - About LDS Life and Belief

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:59:25 +0000

[...] And along with all the wonderful lessons their stories teach, I also try to remember them as humans, women with bodies susceptible to all the weakness and weariness of mortality. Pregnancy was a hard, demanding process then, too. (Imagine that process later in life as Elisabeth experienced it!) I try to imagine riding an animal for long distances right before giving birth, too, and giving birth in less-than-ideal (to say the least) circumstances. (I love the thoughts Mormon Soprano shares on this topic in her post, “Mary Went the Distance“) [...]

By: The Magificat, Mary and Elisabeth In Film | MORMON SOPRANO

The Magificat, Mary and Elisabeth In Film | MORMON SOPRANO — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:26 +0000

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A Walk In Mary’s Shoes « MORMON SOPRANO — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:04:21 +0000

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By: Ave Maria, Gounod and Schubert « MORMON SOPRANO

Ave Maria, Gounod and Schubert « MORMON SOPRANO — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:22:09 +0000

[...] (Mormons) do not worship Mary. However we love, revere and honor her. I recently wrote about how Mother Mary Went The Distance both physically and spiritually. I feel a deep reverence for Mary personally, and I have thought of [...]

By: mormonsoprano

mormonsoprano — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:40:25 +0000

Raymond – thank you for reading, and for your nice comment. I totally agree with you. We 21st Century-ites are all a bunch of wimps and could never have survived living in the first 16 or so Centuries… Wonder if we were office workers in the pre-existence? – Merry Christmas!

By: Raymond Teodo

Raymond Teodo — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:20:39 +0000

Absolutely great article, Mormon Soprano!

I didn’t get the chance to read the whole thing through until now, and it really does make you stop and think what Mary had to go through. There were also a few times where I had to stop and laugh about the many things WE complain about in our modern day and age! We would have died if any of us had to go through with what Mary and Joseph had to endure on their travels.

Thank you once again for sharing this us. I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!

By: Jodi

Jodi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:25:26 +0000

This is one of the most beautiful posts I’ve read in a long time. It really makes you stop and think just what an incredible woman Mary must have been. I love reading things like this at this time of year. It goes way beyond the traditional nativity story.