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Is the song “Mary, Did You Know” actually a heresy?
The truth about this song that many Catholics don’t know.
It’s that time of the year again and a lot of people will be listening to the song that was popularized by the Pentatonix group on YouTube: Mary, Did You Know. But what most people won’t hear are the parts of that song that disagree with Catholic teachings.
The song begins with a conversation between the singer and the Blessed Virgin Mary. It’s written like an interview, sort of, to try to get Mary’s perspective on the whole “Mother of the Son of God” thing that the songwriter assumes is a surprise to Mary.
The first few lines read:
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Immediately, you start to notice a problem.
The Minor Misunderstanding
The assumption here is that Mary might have been completely clueless about the mission of Christ, just like everyone else around the time that Jesus was born.
But, given what we know about Christmas and the birth of Christ, that is not a correct assumption to make.
