And this from St. Luke's Gospel, 1, 26-28: The angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women...
Then, later in her pregnancy, she visited her aged cousin, Elizabeth, who was in her sixth month with child (who was called barren!), for with God nothing is impossible...
Here is what happened next...
Continuing from St. Luke's Gospel 1, 41 and forward: And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant [pre-born baby!] leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost [the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity]: and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the MOTHER OF MY LORD should come to me? For behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord...
But Mary was just a plain, ordinary woman; no different than any other woman on the earth, right?
I think the facts can clearly speak for themselves.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee...
And pray for our country too...
Gene DeLalla
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