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Mary, who from the beginning had given herself without reserve to the person and work of her Son, could not but pour out upon the Church, from the very beginning, her maternal self-giving. After her Son's departure, her motherhood remains in the Church as maternal mediation: interceding for all her children, the Mother cooperates in the saving ...
How completely she 'abandons herself to God without reserve, 'offering the full assent of the intellect and the will' to him whose 'ways are inscrutable. . . . Through this faith Mary is perfectly united with Christ in his self- emptying. . . .
How completely she 'abandons herself to God without reserve, 'offering the full assent of the intellect and the will' to him whose 'ways are inscrutable.... Through this faith Mary is perfectly united with Christ in his self- emptying....
Mary was created only for God, and it is unthinkable that she should reserve even one soul for herself. On the contrary she leads every soul to God and to union with him. Mary is the wonderful echo of God. The more a person joins himself to her, the more effectively she unites him to God.
Despite this apparent negation, Mary shows a heroic obedience of faith and abandons herself to God without reserve in the face of God's unsearchable judgments on Calvary. RM 18. As part of the divine plan, she suffered deeply with her Only Begotten Son and joined herself through her maternal spirit to His sacrifice and consented to His immolation.
In faith she entrusted herself to God without reserve and ‘devoted herself totally as the handmaid of the Lord to the person and work of her Son’ (Vatican Council II, Lumen Gentium, para. 56).” (2) Mary left the consequences of her “yes” in God’s hands.
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Sep 29, 2021 · In faith she entrusted herself to God without reserve and “devoted herself totally as the handmaid of the Lord to the person and work of her Son.” (13) Mary’s trust and surrender to God involve her cooperation with grace — a grace that preserved her from all stain of sin from the first instance of her conception.