Kiddushin often lasted about a year. To become pregnant by Joseph — never mind anyone else — would have been scandalous and easily could have put Mary’s life in jeopardy. She might have been ...

According to the Book of Matthew, when Joseph learned of his betrothed’s pregnancy, he was not happy. Observing the Bible’s commandments and, hoping not to cause Mary any embarrassment ...

“The trial that St. Joseph encountered in Mary’s pregnancy cannot be overstated,” Schadt told the Register. “Joseph knew Mary’s holiness, her purity, her interior and external ...

Mary and Joseph would have been relieved that Jesus ... Beliefs like: Mary knew everything about Jesus from the moment she became pregnant. Beliefs like: God knew everything that would come ...

PREGNANT Lauren Conte dressed up as the Virgin Mary to give her family a laugh on ... Shocked Lauren, who named her son Joshua Joseph, said: “We were all joking the baby would come on Christmas ...

This means that Joseph has to go from Galilee south to Judea—from Nazareth to the root system of his family tree, Bethlehem—to register. Mary, in her very pregnant state, has to travel the rutted ...