The Immaculate Conception

of our Blessed Mother...
...That is what today's feast is. I go back and forth on Mary. I understand why to revere her, but I'm not sure if I do revere her. Today I finally had the epiphany of why.

You see Mary and Eve are pretty much the same person, just doppelgangers of sorts. Both were borne out of God's love, and their souls were stainless. Neither had original sin. Both had a choice to make that would affect the whole world.

Eve's choice is the reason we humans struggle in our humanity. Why we can never seem to do anything right. Why we are so entrapped in our culture and believe the lies of Satan. It's why, try as we might, holiness seems so out of reach, and saints are just awesome people we'll never be.

Now Mary's choice was the antithesis of Eve's choice. While Eve brought sin into the world, Mary's choice was the one that took it out. She presents the feminine way of loving the world, and how to live out the graces of perpetual baptism.

Both the choices of these women were made without original sin. But we see how one condemns while the other redeems.

This is why, as a female, it is important to emulate Mary. She is the reason we can have hope. She brought to us holy humanity with which we can find our path to holiness. She brings us to her son: "Do whatever he tells you". She outright says how we can be holy "Fiat mihi secundum Verbum Tuum-Be it done unto me according to thy word".

So the difference between these two sinless women is their choice.

Their CHOICE

We make choices everyday, but the choice we need to make is the FIAT. When you realize the gravity of choice, you realize the power God has endowed you with...free will. So as you make your choice, remember Mary's...FIAT