MARIAN MEDITATION #3
MARY IMMACULATE THE EVIDENCE
When the happy time scheduled by God for the salvation of mankind arrived, Our Blessed Lady was conceived, yet not like the rest of men, but pure and spotless, without contracting original sin. Let us meditate on the evidence which establishes this consoling truth.
1. God. Remember the sin of Adam and Eve and God's punishment. He curses the serpent in these words: I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed. She shall crush thy head and thou shall bruise her heel. (Gen 3:15) [Douay-Rheims Bible]
In these words consider three points: 1, that an extraordinary woman and her offspring would take revenge on the serpent; 2, that between the woman and the serpent there would be eternal enmity, and 3, that the devil will be conquered by the woman. Well, then; had not Mary been immaculate, had She been stained with the slightest shadow of sin, there would not have been perpetual enmity, since sin is an act of friendship with the devil. Moreover, She would not be the Vanquisher but the vanquished because sin is a triumph of the devil. Victory goes to the Woman and her offspring, and that offspring is none other than Her Son, Jesus Christ, and we ourselves, Christ's brothers [and sisters]. Consequently, with Her, and through Her we must fight the devil, thereby following Her immaculate purity through our fight and victory over Satan.
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations' by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar]
1. God. Remember the sin of Adam and Eve and God's punishment. He curses the serpent in these words: I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed. She shall crush thy head and thou shall bruise her heel. (Gen 3:15) [Douay-Rheims Bible]
In these words consider three points: 1, that an extraordinary woman and her offspring would take revenge on the serpent; 2, that between the woman and the serpent there would be eternal enmity, and 3, that the devil will be conquered by the woman. Well, then; had not Mary been immaculate, had She been stained with the slightest shadow of sin, there would not have been perpetual enmity, since sin is an act of friendship with the devil. Moreover, She would not be the Vanquisher but the vanquished because sin is a triumph of the devil. Victory goes to the Woman and her offspring, and that offspring is none other than Her Son, Jesus Christ, and we ourselves, Christ's brothers [and sisters]. Consequently, with Her, and through Her we must fight the devil, thereby following Her immaculate purity through our fight and victory over Satan.
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations' by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar]
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