Sunday, October 25, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 80 - Part X.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) God willed that Jesus Christ should have a true human mother
but only God himself as his Father, because he wanted to make a new beginning
that could be credited to him alone and not to earthly forces.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 497)
The Gospel accounts understand the virginal conception of Jesus as a divine
work that surpasses all human understanding and possibility: (Mt 1 18-25; Lk
1:26-38) "That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit", said
the angel to Joseph about Mary his fiancée (Mt 1:20). The Church sees here the fulfillment
of the divine promise given through the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, a virgin
shall conceive and bear a son" (Isa 7:14 (LXX), quoted in Mt 1:23 (Gk).
(CCC 504) Jesus is conceived by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's womb
because he is the New Adam, who inaugurates the new creation: "The first
man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven" (1
Cor 15:45, 47). From his conception, Christ's humanity is filled with the Holy
Spirit, for God "gives him the Spirit without measure" (Jn 3:34).
From "his fullness" as the head of redeemed humanity "we have
all received, grace upon grace" (Jn 1:16; cf. Col 1:18).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Mary’s
virginity is not some outdated mythological notion but rather fundamental to
the life of Jesus. He was born of a woman but had no human father. Jesus Christ
is a new beginning in the world that has been instituted from on high. In the
Gospel of Luke, Mary asks the angel, “How can this be, since I have no
husband?” ( do not sleep with a man, Lk 1:34); the angel answered, “The Holy
Spirit will come upon you” (Lk 1:35). Although the Church from the earliest
days was mocked on account of her belief in Mary’s virginity, she has always
believed that her virginity is real and not merely symbolic.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 508)
From among the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother
of his Son. "Full of grace", Mary is "the most excellent fruit
of redemption" (SC 103): from the first instant of her conception, she was
totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained pure from all
personal sin throughout her life.
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