Mary in the Gospel of Luke

Poznato je da je Marija prije anđelova dolaska bila djevojka, koja je svoje djetinjstvo proživjela u gradu Nazaretu. Možemo pretpostaviti da je kao obična djevojka kroz odrastanje imala u svojim mislima i sliku svoga života, ali sigurno nikada nije pomišljala da će joj život zahvatiti Božja intervencija. Da se nije nadala tolikoj promjeni svoga života, svjedoči i njezina smetenost na Gabrijelov neuobičajen pozdrav kao i navještaj da će po Duhu Svetom začeti dijete. Iako Marija razmišlja posve ljudski to joj nipošto ne oslabljuje vjeru u Boga. Naprotiv, vjerujući u Božju svemoć, prihvaća ono što joj je rečeno od Gospodina. Ipak treba reći da Marija kao majka Isusa kojemu je otac sam Bog nije izgubila i identitet zemaljske majke koja brine i čija se briga katkada nameće ispred Božje volje. To se najviše primjećuje kroz Lukino evanđelje djetinjstva, gdje Mariju kao vjernu službenicu Božju iznova zahvaća zbunjenost, strah i briga za njezina Sina. Kroz pomnu analizu izvješća o Isusovom djetinjstvu, Luka daje mogućnost da se kod Marije kao Bogorodice uvidi i daljnja postepena izgradnja njezine vjere u plan koji Bog ima s njezinim Sinom, a uz to, u Lukinom evanđelju najbolje se očituje i Marijin identitet učenice njezina sina Isusa koji je Sin Božji.It is known that Mary was a girl before the arrival of the angel, who spent her childhood in the city of Nazareth. We can assume that as an ordinary girl growing up, she also had a picture of her life in her mind, but she certainly never thought that her life would be affected by divine intervention. That she did not hope for such a change in her life is evidenced by her confusion at Gabriel's unusual greeting as well as the announcement that she will conceive a child by the Holy Spirit. Even though Mary thinks completely humanly, this in no way weakens her faith in God. On the contrary, believing in God's omnipotence, she accepts what was told to her by the Lord. However, it should be said that Mary, as the mother of Jesus, whose father is God himself, did not lose her identity as an earthly mother who cares and whose care sometimes comes before God's will. This is most noticeable through Luke's childhood gospel, where Mary, as a faithful servant of God, is once again overwhelmed by the confusion, fear and worry to her Son. Through a careful analysis of the account of Jesus' childhood, Luke makes it possible to see in Mary as the Mother of God the further gradual building of her faith in the plan that God has with her Son, and in addition, in Luke's gospel is best manifested Mary's identity as a disciple of her son Jesus who is the Son of God