does anyone know where mary's grave is?

Question

if so,would the catholics dig her up?

Answer 1

sure they would.then they would prop her up in their front yard,and put a little shelter over her.

Answer 2

It was customary for bodies to be entombed until they were decomposed to just skeletal remains and then collected in smaller casket and stored in the family tomb, simply for space considerations. Tombs weren't cheap, after all, and you wanted to fit as many remains in there as possible. If you'd ever been to the Holy Land, you'd see how the U.S. and European-style cemeteries with their acres and acres of manicured lawn and a 6x3' plot for each person with space between was (and still is) highly impractical.

On top of that, early Christians understood Jesus' promise of the resurrection, so they quickly adopted the idea that being close to a relic of a particularly holy person (one of the apostles or martyrs, for example) might mean being able to see that person resurrected at some point, since nobody knew WHEN the resurrection of all would happen.

So, had Mary's grave existed, early Christians would have certainly "dug her up" (more like "opened the tomb") to collect her remains into a smaller container, and as she had served as the new Ark of the Covenant by carrying Jesus in her womb, they would have treasured her remains as a most precious relic. Nobody would have misplaced them, forgotten about them, misused them out of respect to Christ and the New Covenant that God established with us through Jesus.

And let's not forget, we know where the bones of James, John, Peter, and other contemporaries of Mary and Jesus are -- we just don't have His or hers.

All this adds up to evidence that Mary never HAD a grave. We Catholic and Orthodox believers have always known that Mary's body is in heaven, with our Lord and Savior. Thanks be to God!

Answer 3

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August; also called in old liturgical books Pausatio, Nativitas (for heaven), Mors, Depositio, Dormitio S. Mariae.

This feast has a double object: (1) the happy departure of Mary from this life; (2) the assumption of her body into heaven. It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.

Answer 4

Catholis know that Mary has already been assumed into heaven by her divine son, Jesus.

Jesus' flesh came from Mary's flesh. Both were sinless, and God promised that the human body of his holy ones would not see the corruption of the tomb.

Psa 16:8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Psa 16:9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psa 16:10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.
Psa 16:11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.

There is ample apostolic evidence for the assumption of Mary, plus additional scriptural support in the book of revelation, chapters 11 & 12.