Monday 8 December

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Gen. 3:9-15,20, Psalm 98, Eph. 1:3-6,11-12,Luke 1:26-38.

Mary

God selected Mary from all creation. Her soul, her wairua, and her mauri – the essence of her personality, were perfect. Her body may well have been perfect too. Her soul was totally uncontaminated by our sinful past. Her mind, spirit and mauri were unpolluted by earth’s toxicity, pesticides in the ground, pestilence in the air, violence in men’s hearts. God had such a special task for her when she had grown, and blossomed like a flower. He wanted his Son to have the very best. He wished for total love, pure and generous to be available for his Son.