“No one may understand the meaning of the Gospel if he has not rested on the breast of Jesus and received Mary from Jesus, to be his mother also.”                                                                -Origen

For Reflection:

In light of Genesis 3:15, why is it necessary to receive Mary as our mother in order to understand the meaning of the Gospel? See tomorrow’s Grace Line for one saint’s insight.

The Eternal Woman: The Timeless Meaning of the Feminine Gertrud von le Fort Click Here For More Information Pb 128 pgs

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Forgotten are the privileges granted to woman from the very beginning:  her body is not  taken from the dust of the earth but from the flesh of a human person; she is exalted by being called "the mother of life";...a female womb would, one blessed day, be a tabernacle inhabited by the Holy One, the savior of the world, who would have a human mother but no earthly father.