Tuesday, July 3, 2012







Mary, the New Eve

When Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to thy word," she was found to be obedient. Eve, for her part, had proven to be disobedient: she had disobeyed while still a virgin.

Just as Eve, thus, by her disobedience, became the cause of death for herself and the entire human race; so also did Mary, betrothed to man but nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and the whole human race.

The reason being that what has been tied once can only be untied if one does again in reverse order the loops of the knots. Thus, the knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience, for what Eve had tied by her lack of faith the Virgin Mary untied with her great faith.



Saint Irenaeus (d. 202 )
Adversus haereses (Book III 22, 4)





Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death.
Amen.

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