IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
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The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fitting that the mother of
him in whom “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily”102
should herself be “full of grace.” She was, by sheer grace, conceived
without sin as the most humble of creatures, the most capable of welcoming the
inexpressible gift of the Almighty. It was quite correct for the angel Gabriel
to greet her as the “Daughter of Zion”:
“Rejoice.”103 It is the thanksgiving of the whole People of
God, and thus of the Church, which Mary in her canticle104 lifts up to
the Father in the Holy Spirit while carrying within her the eternal Son.
- SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
- ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
- IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
- ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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