MARY IMMACULATE
THE REDEMPTION
THE REDEMPTION
2. The First Conflict.
The offense inflicted by man towards God had to some extent been infinite in malice, because the One offended was infinite and an offense is measured by the dignity of the person offended. As a consequence, only an atonement of infinite value could give due satisfaction for sin. But an action of infinite value can only be accomplished by God. Therefore, only God could redeem the world. But redemption had to be achieved through a sacrifice and a sacrifice means the destruction of something in honor of God. And since God could not suffer or die, God could not be the victim or host of the sacrifice.
On the one hand, the victim cannot but be God and on the other, God cannot be the victim. What is to be done? Where is the solution? All the power and the wisdom of God was necessary to solve this problem. All the sanctity and love of the Holy Spirit was required to carry out the divine solution: the Holy Spirit shaped in the most pure womb of Our Most Blessed Lady a most perfect body out of Her most pure flesh. Think slowly over the words of the Catechism and you will see how the solution to the conflict lay in Our Blessed Lady, the Virgin Mother of God, in whose womb the Word took flesh. So God has now a Mother who gave Him body and blood to be offered for the redemption of the world. Thanks to Mary He can now be a victim, He can now achieve our redemption.
[From "Marian Meditation' Book]
The offense inflicted by man towards God had to some extent been infinite in malice, because the One offended was infinite and an offense is measured by the dignity of the person offended. As a consequence, only an atonement of infinite value could give due satisfaction for sin. But an action of infinite value can only be accomplished by God. Therefore, only God could redeem the world. But redemption had to be achieved through a sacrifice and a sacrifice means the destruction of something in honor of God. And since God could not suffer or die, God could not be the victim or host of the sacrifice.
On the one hand, the victim cannot but be God and on the other, God cannot be the victim. What is to be done? Where is the solution? All the power and the wisdom of God was necessary to solve this problem. All the sanctity and love of the Holy Spirit was required to carry out the divine solution: the Holy Spirit shaped in the most pure womb of Our Most Blessed Lady a most perfect body out of Her most pure flesh. Think slowly over the words of the Catechism and you will see how the solution to the conflict lay in Our Blessed Lady, the Virgin Mother of God, in whose womb the Word took flesh. So God has now a Mother who gave Him body and blood to be offered for the redemption of the world. Thanks to Mary He can now be a victim, He can now achieve our redemption.
[From "Marian Meditation' Book]
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