https://dev.airmaria.com/2008/02/25/historian-confirms-immaculate-conception-proclamed-to-combat-modern-errors/ Breathe Freely Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://dev.airmaria.com/2008/02/25/historian-confirms-immaculate-conception-proclamed-to-combat-modern-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-21810 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:33:03 +0000 http://www.airmaria.com/?p=991#comment-21810 […] As a follow up on our previous post on this subject here is an excellent and detailed article Her Station Keeping: Immaculate Conception to CoRedemptrix on the connection between the Immaculate Conception and the Coredemptrix by Matthew Tsakanikas on Catholic Exchange. The article has many references to patristics, magisterial statements and a heavy emphasis on the strongly Marian statements of Benedict XVI before he was pope. Referring to a quote from Cardinal Ratzinger about how Our Lady loses her personhood in service to Christ and so finds it again, he sates: Ratzinger’s comment becomes more revealing. It is Mary who loses herself for Jesus’ sake: “it is as if she had handed over her personal dimension, in order to be solely at [Jesus’] disposal, and precisely thereby had become a person” (Mary: The Church at the Source, p.16). In her self-emptying at the foot of the Cross, something greater is occurring in her than in any other human redeemed by Christ. As the Immaculate Conception she is already the Church (the Spouse) in person and an actual part of Jesus’ Redemption by her special share in the Spirit prior to all others. Jesus’ Spirit is at work in her at the Cross to suffer in faith with the Redeemer. The fuller meaning of the Immaculate Conception is being revealed. The “mournful mother weeping” is the Woman, “wailing aloud in pain as she labored to give birth” (Rev 12:2). Jesus then proclaims: “Woman, behold your son!” (Jn 19:26). At the Cross, her calling as the Immaculate Conception was further revealed…she was now the new Eve. Jesus could now say to all disciples: “Behold your Mother!” (Jn 19:27). […]

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