MARY, OUR MOTHER

THE ANNUNCIATION

THE MOTHER OF GOD

2. The Divine Maternity.

Mary at that moment became the true Mother of God. A sublime and wonderful dignity! This dignity is infinite, in as much as the dignity of Her Son is infinite. Mary has a real and physical relationship with the Son of God. From this moment God abides in Mary, not in image, not only with His grace, but with His very Divine Person. There is now between God and Mary a true identification in as much as the blood and flesh of His Son are the blood and flesh of Mary. This is the most intimate and sublime union which can exist between a creature and God. Through it Mary, as the Mother of God, attains the highest authority, namely, that of commanding Her Divine Son. She also acquires the highest privilege, namely, that of a special right to the love of Her Divine Son and from Him receives all the treasures of grace and glory together with the power to communicate them to others.

The truth of Her divine mediation is based on this divine maternity. She is an all-powerful Mediatrix because She partakes by grace of the omnipotence which God has by His own nature. Moreover through this maternity, She is the dispenser of grace. We can clearly see that God wants to grant graces to mankind through the ministry of Mary, rather than by Himself direct. How wonderful, sublime and divine is this maternity of Mary! We shall never fathom the depths of its profound magnificence. God can create more worlds, more angels and many other beings very much more perfect than the angels themselves, but He cannot produce a greater Mother than the Mother of God.

[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]