Ready To Receive The Impossible

142910_chora_virginMary was rescued from the power of original sin. Christ, who receives his human flesh from his mother, receives this flesh from a person who, by a singular gift from God, comes into this world without original sin.

Mary “the New Eve”

Mary is someone who is ready to receive the impossible.

Because the very best things are not taken; they are received as gifts. God did not block Adam and Eve’s access to the tree because he wanted to prevent them from having what he had; he blocked access because he wanted to give them gifts.

from Father Barron’s advent reflections