Let us turn to the New Testament to learn what God say about Mery. A key passage is Luke 1:26-49. The Archangel Gabirel calls the Virgin Mary "highly favored" with God and the most "blessed" of all wormen (Luke 1:28). The Church can never do less. In Luke 1:42,43, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, also calls Mary "blessed," and "the mother of my Lord." Con we not make the same confession? For centuries the Church with one voice has called Mary the mother of God. If God was not in her womb, we are dead in our sins. By calling her "mother of God" we do no mean, of course, that she is mother of the Holy Trinity. She is mother of the eternal Son of God in His humanity. Thus we call her the Theotokos or God-bearer. Not only does Elizabeth call her blessed, but Mary herself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, predicts, "All generations will call me blessed" (Luke 1:48). This biblical prophecy explains the Orthodox hymn, "It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos, the Mother of our God.
2007-11-02
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