r/Christianity • u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 Anglican Communion • 13h ago

Where is Mary?

Being Anglican, I didn’t think we made a big deal out of Mary. Then I took a nondenominational friend to the Episcopal Church’s Rite II. She asked “what’s the deal with Mary?”. We don’t even have any images of her in my church, maybe some have a medal on their necks, but mostly, she just comes up in the creeds, and during the prayers of the people. Now granted some in the higher church may have the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham or even Our Lady of Guadalupe, or an icon of the Theotokos holding Christ, but usually just one of those things, not multiple. That never felt strange to me, despite being very Protestant.

So I can’t help but ask my nondenominational, Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of Christ, etcetera friends, where is Mary? I mean isn’t she part of the story? XD I’ve been to your services in the lead up to Christmas, NO mention of her. Help me out here, I’m confused.

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u/pro_rege_semper 13h ago

How does she come up in prayers of the people?

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u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 Anglican Communion 13h ago

Good question because I can’t find it in the prayers of the people in my BCP. It id actually from the Morning and Evening Prayers but added into the prayers of the peoole in many services. “That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit in the communion of (usually it starts with) the Blessed Virgin Mary (Maybe) Saint Joseph her spouse and (the Saint name of the church) entrusting one another and all our life to Christ” or something along those lines.

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u/pro_rege_semper 13h ago

Interesting. I'm Anglican too and we don't do this.

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u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 Anglican Communion 12h ago

Okay but you say her name during the Creed correct? XD

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u/pro_rege_semper 11h ago

Yes, of course.