Is Blessed Mary the Mother, Sister, Spouse, or Daughter to God? St Ephrem the Syrian

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I was recently reading the early Church Father Saint Ephrem. He has many hymns or poems about the Blessed Virgin Mary and one in particular plays with the various ways in which the Blessed Virgin Mary relates to the Holy Trinity.

Saint Ephrem died on June 9, 373 AD in Edessa so he gives us a unique perspective on early Christology and Mariology. Here’s a short video with me reading a passage from him with a brief reflection:

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ad Jesum per Mariam,

Dr Taylor Marshall

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