Mary, the model of all mothers

Of all mothers in the world, Mary is the most perfect.  She was “made to order”. No creature can create his own mother. Only God can and Jesus did. Mary is the model of all mothers and all the other mothers in the world are only imitations of Mary’s motherhood.

A painter once painted a portrait of his own mother. When complemented about the beauty of his work, he answered: “You know how it is; one tries to make his mother as nice as possible”.

Jesus created His own mother in a particular way. Jesus thought of her before she was born. He conceived her in His eternal mind before she was conceived in Saint Ann’s womb. She was conceived eternally in the mind of God.

It was through her portals as the gate of heaven that the Savior would enter into the world. As no weeds grew in Eden, so no sin would arise for Mary is the paradise of the Incarnation. It would be unbecoming for the sinless Christ to enter into the world through a sinful woman. It would be like having a barn to serve as an entrance to a castle.

God, in His mercy remits original sin in the Sacrament of Baptism. It is only natural that God should grant a special privilege to Mary, in virtue of Christ’s merits,  to remit her sin before she was born.This is what is meant by the Immaculate Conception.