“What a wonder is your Mother! The Lord entered her, and became a Servant; the Word entered her, and became silent within her; Thunder entered her, and His voice was still; the Shepherd of all entered her, and He became a Lamb.”

                             -St. Ephraem the Syrian

For Reflection:

Mary is a wonder! How does she exemplify the call of the disciple as given to us in this quote?

The Eternal Woman: The Timeless Meaning of the Feminine Gertrud von le Fort Click Here For More Information Pb 128 pgs

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Pg xv

"Surrender to God is the only absolute power with which the creature is endowed."  And again: "To bring about his salvation, all man has to contribute is his readiness to give himself up completely. The receptive, passive attitude of the feminine principle appears as the decisive, the positive element in the Christian order of grace. The Marian dogma, brought down to a simple formula, means the cooperation of the creature in the salvation of the world."