According to our liturgical calendar, July 26 is set aside to honor the parents of Mary...
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According to our liturgical calendar, July 26 is set aside to honor the parents of Mary, Jesus’ grandparents, if you will. We spend most of our time — as we should — on Jesus, but perhaps a deliberate day set aside to honor Mary’s parents reminds us of the importance of family in our lives.
There is little information about Anne and Joachim, Mary’s parents. Still, we can be sure that Mary came from a devout Jewish family of Davidic descent, fulfilling the prophecies of old…that Jesus would be from the house and family of David.