YOUCAT Question n. 117 - Part I. How could the Holy Spirit work in, with, and through Mary?
(Youcat
answer) Mary was totally responsive and open to God (Lk 1:38). Thus she was
able to become the “Mother of God” through the working of the Holy Spirit—and as Christ’s Mother to become also the Mother of Christians, indeed,
the Mother of all mankind.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 721)
Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission
of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the
plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the
dwelling place where his Son and his
Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often
read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary (Cf. Prov 8:1- 9:6;
Sir 24). Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of
Wisdom." In her, the "wonders of God" that the Spirit was to
fulfill in Christ and the Church began to be manifested.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
Mary made it possible
for the Holy Spirit to work the miracle of all miracles: the Incarnation of
God. She gave God her Yes: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to
me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). Strengthened by the Holy Spirit, she went
with Jesus through thick and thin, even to the foot of the Cross. There Jesus
gave her to us all as our Mother (Jn 19:25-27).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 711)
"Behold, I am doing a new thing" (Isa 43:19). Two prophetic lines
were to develop, one leading to the expectation of the Messiah, the other
pointing to the announcement of a new Spirit. They converge in the small Remnant,
the people of the poor, who await in hope the "consolation of Israel"
and "the redemption of Jerusalem" (Cf. Zeph 2:3; Lk 2:25, 38). We
have seen earlier how Jesus fulfills the prophecies concerning himself. We
limit ourselves here to those in which the relationship of the Messiah and his
Spirit appears more clearly.
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