But what is this joy about? Why, in her own words, shall “all generations call me blessed”?3 Because in her love and obedience, in her faith and humility, she accepted to be what from all eternity all creation was meant and created to be: the temple of the Holy Spirit, the humanity of God. She accepted to give her body and blood—that is, her whole life—to be the body and blood of the Son of God, to be mother in the fullest and deepest sense of this word, giving her life to the Other and fulfilling her life in him. She accepted the only true nature of each creature and all creation: to place
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