“How big was baby Jesus in Mary’s womb when Mary visited Elizabeth?” That is the question I asked myself while visiting the Church of the Visitation in Israel. What I learned was quite revolutionary and amazing. This is one of the best pro-life arguments from Scripture and one I’ve not heard discussed before.
It also says a lot about who Jesus was and the “stranger than fiction” event taking place in space and time in the womb of young girl about 15 years old.
Pictures sometimes show Mary very pregnant — better get to Bethlehem fast! But in reality that is not the case. In scientific terms Jesus was just a blastocyst, a few hundred miniature cells no bigger than a millimeter (0.039 inch).
How big was Jesus? Read this article I just wrote and step back in time to the first days of Jesus’ life taking on a human body even though you could have barely seen him with the human eye at the time.
Here is an excerpt from my new article “How Big Was Jesus at the Visitation?”
“When Mary arrived for the Visitation, as we Catholics refer to the her visit, she was not “showing” yet. Isn’t if funny how we see pictures of a very pregnant Mary as though the baby was ready for Bethlehem. But in reality Jesus—100% God and 100% human — was so small he was practically invisible.
Though this blastocyst attached to Mary’s uterus had not seen the light of day He had created with his soon-to-develop eyes, nor breathed fresh air He had created with His still-to-develop lungs, yet He was very alive and very human. The cells were replicating at a rapid rate and they were already developing distinct bodily features. It contained the DNA—the genetic code of Mary.
The microscopic cells were not just extraneous tissue in the mother’s body—something to be discarded, a disease or something. It was human life with a soul. From conception Every baby shares in the image of God and true humanity with inestimable value long before it takes it’s first breath—right from conception.
These replicating cells in Mary’s body were truly human life, God himself taking on human flesh. St. John tells us, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt (literally, “pitched his tent” of flesh) among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father” John 1:14).
One thing many people do not think about—what was Jesus’ size and the stage of development in the womb when Mary arrived at the house of Zechariah and Elizabeth? And, how did Elizabeth and the unborn baby John the Baptist react upon pregnant Mary’s arrival?” …
Continue reading the full article, click HERE.
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Hello Steve,
I too have become a Catholic and agree that it is the BEST thing I have ever done, though not the easiest; that was 40 years ago when I was in College. Please find details of this new pro life book “Troubadours Sailing Hibiscus Seas” It is written by a man whose child was lost to him when his partner had an abortion. It is a very moving and heartfelt cautionary tale which especially the young need to hear. We have used my artwork as a springboard for his meditations as a way also of engaging persons not moved in other ways.
Kind Regards,
Judith Gait MA
Jesus’ cells did NOT “contain the DNA genetic code of Mary”. At the very least, Jesus’ cells must have included one X and one Y chromosome with their DNA, making Him a male, rather than the two X chromosomes which made Mary a woman.
STEVE RAY HERE: Thanks for visiting the blog and for sharing your thoughts. I understand what you mean by your comment, but I would just like to further clarify. Of course, I am not a scientist but I think that my point across that I was trying to make.
I did not say he did not have an X and a Y chromosome. What I said was, because he is Mary’s child he contains or carries her genetic code. He also has the genetic code supplied from the Father in heaven, however the Holy Spirit supplied that. He certainly has an X and a Y but part of that is Mary’s and he will have that for the rest of eternity.
Whenever I read or hear something more from Steve Ray, I feel blessed in knowing that I have remained Catholic all my 62 years of life because only the Catholic faith holds the entire deposit of faith bequeathed by Our Lord to the Apostles and the Catholic Church.
STEVE RAY HERE: Thanks Denis. Love being Catholic!!
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