My question is, what were Mary and Joseph’s motives for getting married vowing never to have sex, not some Saints you know of?
And where does the idea come from that vowing not to have sex inside a marriage has anything to do with consecrating one’s life to God? There’s nothing in the Jewish religion to suggest any such idea existed at any time.
we’ve had a thread about St. Joachim and St. Anne. After the birth of Mary, they vowed to live as brother and sister, if I remember correctly.
And that’s what I believe aobut Mary and Joseph.
I’m not a history buff on Judaism, so I can’t answer that question.