Paragraph 56 of Lumen Gentium
God is so cool. In
the same way He allows us to make up for sin by our asking forgiveness just as
He allowed us to sin by an act of our own free will, so also is Salvation
brought about. In Eve, we have a person who
chose to act against God by an act of her free will. In Mary, we have a person who chose to radically
unite man and God together by an act of her free will. Thus, as Scripture says that Eve became the
Mother of all the living since she was our first mother, Mary again becomes our
Mother since it is she, through saying yes to God, brought all of us a life of
grace.
Someone recently was telling me that one of their favorite
images of Mary is “Untier of Knots.” Eve’s
knot of disobedience is untied by the Virgin.
I saw this images for the first time at the bookstore at St. Paul Shrine
this past month. Still learning new
things!
Happy almost end of Advent!
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