Eternal Mother?

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holdencaulfield said:
I don’t know if I understand it? Is it just saying that St. Mary was eternally predestined to be the Mother of God?
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Yes. God is outside of time - He knows it all already - and He knew Mary before Mary existed and exactly what Her unique existance would be and would mean.

Just like He knew us and when He would make us before we ever were in existance in space and time. He even knows the hour of our death and our eternal destiny - He knows every prayer that we have said and ever will say. Awesome stuff. Humbling.

I think the article in the OP is beautiful BTW.

Peace in Christ,

DustinsDad
 
The only issue I would take is that the term “eternal” would have to be qualified as pertains to Mary. While God (who alone is truly eternal in that he has always existed) foreknew and predestined Mary’s role in salvation, her existance is a punctuation in time from an ontological standpoint. To make her otherwise is to set her on equal footing with the Creator, and I don’t think anyone (least of all, our Lady) would desire that misunderstanding.
 
Irish_Saints said:
The only issue I would take is that the term “eternal” would have to be qualified as pertains to Mary. While God (who alone is truly eternal in that he has always existed) foreknew and predestined Mary’s role in salvation, her existance is a punctuation in time from an ontological standpoint. To make her otherwise is to set her on equal footing with the Creator, and I don’t think anyone (least of all, our Lady) would desire that misunderstanding.
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I agree with that - the term can mislead. I had never actualy heard it before.

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Irish_Saints said:
The only issue I would take is that the term “eternal” would have to be qualified as pertains to Mary. While God (who alone is truly eternal in that he has always existed) foreknew and predestined Mary’s role in salvation, her existance is a punctuation in time from an ontological standpoint. To make her otherwise is to set her on equal footing with the Creator, and I don’t think anyone (least of all, our Lady) would desire that misunderstanding.
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True, I think by eternal, it just meant that God knew He would create her since the beginning.
 
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