St Anne

The canonical Gospels do not name Mary’s parents. Early Christian tradition, especially the Protoevangelium of James, calls them Anne and Joachim and remembers their long-awaited child as Mary. The Church venerates Anne as a model of maternal and grandparental faith while distinguishing tradition from directly recorded Scripture.

Anne’s identity comes from early Christian tradition rather than the canonical New Testament.

• Praying with Joachim for a child according to tradition
• Receiving Mary as a long-awaited gift
• Raising the woman who would become the Mother of Jesus
• Being honoured across generations of Christian devotion

Patient hope, family faith, gratitude and the quiet formation of the next generation.

Anne is especially meaningful to grandparents, mothers, people waiting for a child and those whose holiness is expressed through patient family formation.

People turn to St Anne in matters of:

God of faithful generations, through St Anne’s intercession strengthen parents and grandparents to pass on faith with patience, love and hope. Amen.

1. Early Christian tradition

   Is named with Joachim as a parent of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2. Early Christian tradition

   Receives Mary after a long period of waiting

3. Christian tradition

   Becomes widely honoured as the grandmother of Jesus

• https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/26.html
• https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/

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