[wagglebee]

But Mary yielded her will to the will of God the Father, her mind to the mind of Jesus God the Son, and her body to God the Holy Spirit. She became, in a moment of time, uniquely linked to the Holy Trinity as daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, and bride of the Spirit; the first repository of the Body of Christ, in very being, the first Christian. Mary’s “yes” of obedience and faith undid the “yes” of her first mother and ours, the “yes” of Eve to rebellion and sin. Truly, Mary is the Eve of the Annunciation.

I somehow missed this the past few years, and even yesterday, but it is beautifully stated!

[lightman]

Thank you.

There is nothing particularly original about the final sentence; that is a strain of Christian teaching going back to +John Chrysostom and +Irenaeus.

The beginning part comes from having had the blessed experience of sitting in the class room of Rev. Dr. Robert Jenson; who imparted the importance of looking for the action of each Person of the Holy Trinity in every mystery of Redemption.