Christ must be born from every soul, formed in every life. If we had a picture of Our Lady's personality we might be dazzled into thinking that only one sort of person could form Christ in himself, and we should miss the meaning of our own being. Nothing but things essential for us are revealed to us about the Mother of God: the fact that she was wed to the Holy Spirit and bore Christ into the world. Our crowning joy is that she did this as a lay person and through the ordinary daily life that we all live; through natural love made supernatural, as the water at Cana was, at her request, turned into wine. .Caryll Houselander
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The Blessed Virgin Mary was born without sin, which means that she would never bear sin. Through her motherhood, she would not only be the savior of the world, but also the source of new life for humanity. This is why she is called "the Mother of God."
Source: The Reed Of God
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