Mary was free of original sin from the very first moment of her existence; she possessed the grace of God in the very instant of her conception.
All of us come into this world as the unfortunate victims of God's anger; Mary alone was protected from the very beginning by God's love and so came into this world as a masterpiece of grace.
God did not want the temple in which He was to dwell to be soiled in any way. The Son's honor required that His Mother not be even for a single moment the slave of Satan.
How Mary must have valued the incomparable favor done her. In her eyes that favor was, as wisdom had been for Solomon, the source of all blessing (Prov 8:18).
The Lord possessed her from the beginning of His ways (Prov 8:22) That is what Mary valued more than anything earth could offer. She had many other prerogatives given her by God, but this first favor was more precious than all the rest, since it brought her closer to God. Her life in its entirety was continuous expression of gratitude to Him for a gift which she shared with no other pure creature.
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