08/12/2023

Today the Church contemplates Immaculate Mary, the mother of God. She is a human born of a human woman and  conceived by a human father. That is as far as it goes for her sameness with us because the great difference between us and her is that she is the direct spiritual daughter of Adam and Eve for sin has never touched her being, body or soul.

Mary is the sinless daughter of Adam and Eve and is the one to crush the power of evil that has corrupted us all since "The Fall". She is the perfect body out of which Father, Son and Holy Spirit will, taking on the biological rules, which he created, become embryo, baby, infant, adolescent, adult and on the cross, saviour of the world.

St Paul understands that God has always known everything. He seems to say that everything is predetermined and thus controls us. God, however does does not straitjacket our lives by his programming but has given to each human being the freedom for each of us to choose how to react to our personal experience of his Providence. God is always greater than the limits of our imagination.

Adam and Eve messed up our relationship with God by making the wrong choice, but Mary's acceptance of God's word assures us that we can all align ourselves with the will of Father, Son and Holy Spirit  and that she can become Theotokos. Thanks be to God.

Dear Lord, how can the tininess that is me look on the immensity that is you? I do know that you see me and know me better than myself. I do know that I don't want to bring any guilt with me to your judgement seat. My hope is Mary who has accepted her role in your Mercy and never made any wrong decision. May Mary from whose sinless body stems the humanity of you Our Saviour continue to lead the heavenly host in the plea for forgiveness which can be ours if we place all our trust in you.