HOW CAN THIS BE? (LUKE 1:34). THE ANGEL STATES THAT THE BABY WILL BE BORN OF MARY W/OUT JOSEPHS INTERVENTION. THE ONE TO BE BORN OF MARY IN TIME IS THE SAME ONE WHO EXISTS IN GOD, BORN OF GOD, SON OF THE FATHER (JOHN 1:1). THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU. THE SACRED BOOKS SPOKE OF A CLOUD OR SHADOW FILLING THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 8:10) AS A SIGN OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE OVER THE HOLY CITY, PROTECTING IT (SIRACH 24:4). BY USING THIS IMAGE THE GOSPEL CONVEYS THAT MARY BECOMES GODS DWELLING PLACE, THROUGH WHOM HE WORKS OUT HIS MYSTERIES. THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES, NOT OVER THE SON FIRST, BUT OVER MARY SO THAT SHE MAY CONCEIVE THROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, SINCE A MANS INTERVENTION IS EXCLUDED. THE CONCEPTION OF JESUS IN MARY IS THE RESULT AND THE BIOLOGICAL EXPRESSION OF HER TOTAL SURRENDER TO THE UNIQUE AND ETERNAL WORD OF THE FATHER. IT IS THUS THAT THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GOD & HUMANKIND IS FINALLY REALIZED. IT WILL NOT ONLY BE THE WORK OF JESUS. HE, HIMSELF, IS ALREADY THE ETERNAL ALLIANCE. A CHILD BORN INTO A FAMILY BELONGS ENTIRELY TO THE FAMILY OF ITS FATHER AND TO THAT OF ITS MOTHER: HE IS THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES UNTIL THEN STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER. SO IT IS THAT JESUS, BORN OF THE FATHER AND OF MARY, IS THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GOD & THE HUMAN FAMILY, & IT IS THERE THAT THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH IS ROOTED: JESUS IS TRULY GOD AND TRULY MAN. (CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BIBLE, CATHOLIC PASTORAL EDITION)
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:10:06 +0000
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