Mary’s purity is also reflected in the mystery of her origin in time. Saints Anne and Joachim are venerated not merely as parents, but as instruments prepared in silence for a divine work.

Tradition contemplates their chaste union as guarded by angelic reverence, not because human love is denied, but because it is purified for a higher fruitfulness.

From such lives, God forms vessels suited for hidden sanctity. Children born from holiness often carry within them the imprint of their parents’ fidelity. In Mary’s case, this preparation becomes the threshold of the Immaculate.