"Let Us make man in our image and likeness"
After meditating on the Immaculate Conception (The Blessed Mother gave her name to St. Bernadette at Lourdes stating, "I am the Immaculate Conception") and why the Trinity loves her and favored her so much is because she always existed in them in the form of the Immaculate Conception before she was born as the eternal virgin, her immaculate conception is the sublime apex of ALL Grace which was placed into Adam when he was first created, noted not from Eve but Adam. The Trinity gave Adam the gift of the Immaculate Conception in the form of a luminous cloud that was removed from the rib in his side BEFORE he committed the sin of disobedience and sought something so much that he was willing to abandon God His true Good for to possess. This is a dictation from the writings of Ann Catherine Emmerich. Mary our mother revealed this secret to me to appreciate her so much more and why she is the Mediatrix of All graces because she herself contained God in His fullness! She herself proclaimed HER SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD, no one else could and can say that. Only her.
"Let US make man in our
Image and Likeness." THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS INCLUDED IN THE 'US' HENCE WHY ALL MEN LOOK LIKE JESUS WHO IS THE EXACT IMAGE OF THE FATHER AND ALL WOMEN LOOK SIMILAR TO MARY.
I always wondered why most if not all men look scarily similar to Jesus having the exact same features and facials which is by design not coincidence. Huge epiphany by the Holy Spirit.
When Mary said her soul magnifies the Lord she meant just that. She is like a crystal clear mirror, if we want to see what God is like we can look at her. She reflects Him perfectly in every aspect of His Virtues and so on even sharing His Omnipotence (meaning next to God she is the second most powerful being, with her children being the third which was the destiny of the human race before the fall) especially after being crowned our Queen.
It was always God's plan for Jesus (The Word) and Mary (The Immaculate Conception) to become flesh and dwell among us from Adam and Eve to reign as our King and Queen for eternal generations, that is why satan fell when God revealed this plan from all eternity because he would have to serve under a lesser form than himself because human nature is less than the angels and due to his pride, he couldn't withstand such submission and humiliation thus he rebeled proclaiming he would rather overthrow God than submit to them. Ironically, Jesus and Mary were born anyway regardless of the outcome of Adam and Eve's decision because it was always meant to happen, so God's plan never failed because it was predetermined from all eternity. Ordained that's why God didn't use another method to redeem mankind because Jesus and Mary were the only solution to the problem of sin hence why MARY THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION WAS IS AND ALWAYS MEANT TO BE THE BIRTHGIVER OF GOD, thus here we are today.
And one last thing...despite the problem of sin which has its solution already established. Humanity has the capability to earn a even higher state of glory and beauty than Adam and Eve due to the richness of the merits won for us by Christ and Mary. Yes even greater beauty that Adam and Eve possessed before they fell. Think about it. Adam was guilty of deliberate mortal sin, not Eve who was deceived, rereading Genesis we see that it was Eve who was deceived not Adam who knew what he was doing was wrong despite God's warning, that lead to the death of the human race.
(From the writings of Ann Catherine Emmerich:)
"Then from his right side, from the same place in which the side of Jesus was opened by the lance, God drew Eve. I saw her small and delicate. But she quickly increased in size until full-grown. She was exquisitely beautiful. Were it not for the Fall, all would be born in the same way, in tranquil slumber."
"When Eve had been formed, I saw that God gave something, or allowed something to flow upon Adam. It was as if there streamed from the Godhead, apparently in human form, currents of light from forehead, mouth, breast, and hands. They united into a globe of light, which entered Adam's right side whence Eve had been taken. Adam alone received it. It was the germ of God's Blessing, which was threefold. The Blessing that Abraham received from the angel was one."
"The blessing of a pure and holy multiplying out of God and by God, which Adam had received after the creation of Eve was, in consequence of that indulgence, withdrawn from him; for I saw that the instant Adam left his hill to go to Eve, the Lord grasped him in the back and took something from him. From that something, I felt that the world's salvation would come. Once on the Feast of the Holy and Immaculate Conception, God gave me a vision of that mystery. I saw enclosed in Adam and Eve the corporal and spiritual life of all mankind. I saw that by the Fall it became corrupted, mixed up with evil, and that the bad angels had acquired power over it. I saw the Second Person of the Godhead come down and, with something like a crooked blade, take the Blessing from Adam before he had sinned. At the same instant, I saw the Virgin issuing from Adam's side like a little luminous cloud, and soaring all resplendent up to God."
"I saw Adam's glittering rock of precious stones arise before the throne of God, as if borne up by angels. It had steps cut in it, it increased in size, it became a throne, a tower, and it extended on all sides until it embraced all things. I saw the nine choirs of angels around it, and above the angels in Heaven, I saw the image of the Virgin. It was not Mary in time; it was Mary in eternity, Mary in God. The Virgin entered the tower, which opened to receive her, and she appeared to become one with it. Then I saw issuing from the Most Holy Trinity an apparition which, likewise, went into the tower."
"Among the angels, I noticed a kind of ostensorium at which all were working. It was in shape like a tower, and on it were all kinds of mysterious carving. Near it on either side stood two figures, their joined hands embracing it. At every instant it became larger and more magnificent. I saw something from God passing through the angelic choirs and going into the ostensorium. It was a shining Holy Thing, and it became more clearly defined the nearer it drew to the ostensorium. It appeared to me to be the germ of the divine Blessing for a pure offspring which had been given to Adam, but withdrawn when he was on the point of hearkening to Eve and consenting to eat the forbidden fruit. It was the Blessing that was again bestowed upon Abraham, withdrawn from Jacob, by Moses deposited in the Ark of the Covenant, and lastly received by Joachim, the father of Mary, in order that Mary might be as pure and stainless in her Conception as was Eve upon coming forth from the side of the sleeping Adam. The ostensorium, likewise, went into the tower."
"I saw too, a chalice prepared by the angels. It was of the same shape as that used at the Last Supper, and it also went into the tower. To the right of the tower, I saw, as if on the edge of a golden cloud, grapevines and wheat intertwining like the fingers of clasped hands. From them sprang a branch, a whole genealogical tree upon whose boughs were little figures of males and females reaching hands to one another. Its highest blossom was the Crib with the Child. Then I saw in pictures the mystery of Redemption from the Promise down to the fullness of time, and in side pictures I saw counteracting influences at work. At last, over the shining rock, I saw a large and magnificent church. It was the One, Holy, Catholic Church, which bears living in itself the salvation of the whole world. The connection of these pictures one with another and their transition from one to another was wonderful. Even what was evil and opposed to the end in view, even what was rejected by the angels as unfit, was made subservient to the development of Redemption. And so, I saw the ancient Temple rising from below; it was very large and like a church, but it had no tower. It was pushed to one side by the angels,and there it stood slanting. I saw a great mussel shell1 make its appearance and try to force its way into the old Temple; but it, too, was hurried aside. I saw appear a broad, lopped-off tower2 through whose numerous gateways figures like Abraham and the children of Israel entered. It was significant of their bondage in Egypt. It was shoved aside, as well as another Egyptian tower in staircase form. The latter was symbolical of astrology and soothsaying. Then appeared an Egyptian temple. It was pushed aside like the others, and remained standing crooked. At last, I saw a vision on earth such as God had shown to Adam; viz., that a Virgin would arise and restore to him the salvation he had forfeited. Adam knew not when it would take place, and I saw his deep sadness because Eve bore him only sons. But at last she had a daughter."
"Let US make man in our
Image and Likeness." THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS INCLUDED IN THE 'US' HENCE WHY ALL MEN LOOK LIKE JESUS WHO IS THE EXACT IMAGE OF THE FATHER AND ALL WOMEN LOOK SIMILAR TO MARY.
I always wondered why most if not all men look scarily similar to Jesus having the exact same features and facials which is by design not coincidence. Huge epiphany by the Holy Spirit.
When Mary said her soul magnifies the Lord she meant just that. She is like a crystal clear mirror, if we want to see what God is like we can look at her. She reflects Him perfectly in every aspect of His Virtues and so on even sharing His Omnipotence (meaning next to God she is the second most powerful being, with her children being the third which was the destiny of the human race before the fall) especially after being crowned our Queen.
It was always God's plan for Jesus (The Word) and Mary (The Immaculate Conception) to become flesh and dwell among us from Adam and Eve to reign as our King and Queen for eternal generations, that is why satan fell when God revealed this plan from all eternity because he would have to serve under a lesser form than himself because human nature is less than the angels and due to his pride, he couldn't withstand such submission and humiliation thus he rebeled proclaiming he would rather overthrow God than submit to them. Ironically, Jesus and Mary were born anyway regardless of the outcome of Adam and Eve's decision because it was always meant to happen, so God's plan never failed because it was predetermined from all eternity. Ordained that's why God didn't use another method to redeem mankind because Jesus and Mary were the only solution to the problem of sin hence why MARY THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION WAS IS AND ALWAYS MEANT TO BE THE BIRTHGIVER OF GOD, thus here we are today.
And one last thing...despite the problem of sin which has its solution already established. Humanity has the capability to earn a even higher state of glory and beauty than Adam and Eve due to the richness of the merits won for us by Christ and Mary. Yes even greater beauty that Adam and Eve possessed before they fell. Think about it. Adam was guilty of deliberate mortal sin, not Eve who was deceived, rereading Genesis we see that it was Eve who was deceived not Adam who knew what he was doing was wrong despite God's warning, that lead to the death of the human race.
(From the writings of Ann Catherine Emmerich:)
"Then from his right side, from the same place in which the side of Jesus was opened by the lance, God drew Eve. I saw her small and delicate. But she quickly increased in size until full-grown. She was exquisitely beautiful. Were it not for the Fall, all would be born in the same way, in tranquil slumber."
"When Eve had been formed, I saw that God gave something, or allowed something to flow upon Adam. It was as if there streamed from the Godhead, apparently in human form, currents of light from forehead, mouth, breast, and hands. They united into a globe of light, which entered Adam's right side whence Eve had been taken. Adam alone received it. It was the germ of God's Blessing, which was threefold. The Blessing that Abraham received from the angel was one."
"The blessing of a pure and holy multiplying out of God and by God, which Adam had received after the creation of Eve was, in consequence of that indulgence, withdrawn from him; for I saw that the instant Adam left his hill to go to Eve, the Lord grasped him in the back and took something from him. From that something, I felt that the world's salvation would come. Once on the Feast of the Holy and Immaculate Conception, God gave me a vision of that mystery. I saw enclosed in Adam and Eve the corporal and spiritual life of all mankind. I saw that by the Fall it became corrupted, mixed up with evil, and that the bad angels had acquired power over it. I saw the Second Person of the Godhead come down and, with something like a crooked blade, take the Blessing from Adam before he had sinned. At the same instant, I saw the Virgin issuing from Adam's side like a little luminous cloud, and soaring all resplendent up to God."
"I saw Adam's glittering rock of precious stones arise before the throne of God, as if borne up by angels. It had steps cut in it, it increased in size, it became a throne, a tower, and it extended on all sides until it embraced all things. I saw the nine choirs of angels around it, and above the angels in Heaven, I saw the image of the Virgin. It was not Mary in time; it was Mary in eternity, Mary in God. The Virgin entered the tower, which opened to receive her, and she appeared to become one with it. Then I saw issuing from the Most Holy Trinity an apparition which, likewise, went into the tower."
"Among the angels, I noticed a kind of ostensorium at which all were working. It was in shape like a tower, and on it were all kinds of mysterious carving. Near it on either side stood two figures, their joined hands embracing it. At every instant it became larger and more magnificent. I saw something from God passing through the angelic choirs and going into the ostensorium. It was a shining Holy Thing, and it became more clearly defined the nearer it drew to the ostensorium. It appeared to me to be the germ of the divine Blessing for a pure offspring which had been given to Adam, but withdrawn when he was on the point of hearkening to Eve and consenting to eat the forbidden fruit. It was the Blessing that was again bestowed upon Abraham, withdrawn from Jacob, by Moses deposited in the Ark of the Covenant, and lastly received by Joachim, the father of Mary, in order that Mary might be as pure and stainless in her Conception as was Eve upon coming forth from the side of the sleeping Adam. The ostensorium, likewise, went into the tower."
"I saw too, a chalice prepared by the angels. It was of the same shape as that used at the Last Supper, and it also went into the tower. To the right of the tower, I saw, as if on the edge of a golden cloud, grapevines and wheat intertwining like the fingers of clasped hands. From them sprang a branch, a whole genealogical tree upon whose boughs were little figures of males and females reaching hands to one another. Its highest blossom was the Crib with the Child. Then I saw in pictures the mystery of Redemption from the Promise down to the fullness of time, and in side pictures I saw counteracting influences at work. At last, over the shining rock, I saw a large and magnificent church. It was the One, Holy, Catholic Church, which bears living in itself the salvation of the whole world. The connection of these pictures one with another and their transition from one to another was wonderful. Even what was evil and opposed to the end in view, even what was rejected by the angels as unfit, was made subservient to the development of Redemption. And so, I saw the ancient Temple rising from below; it was very large and like a church, but it had no tower. It was pushed to one side by the angels,and there it stood slanting. I saw a great mussel shell1 make its appearance and try to force its way into the old Temple; but it, too, was hurried aside. I saw appear a broad, lopped-off tower2 through whose numerous gateways figures like Abraham and the children of Israel entered. It was significant of their bondage in Egypt. It was shoved aside, as well as another Egyptian tower in staircase form. The latter was symbolical of astrology and soothsaying. Then appeared an Egyptian temple. It was pushed aside like the others, and remained standing crooked. At last, I saw a vision on earth such as God had shown to Adam; viz., that a Virgin would arise and restore to him the salvation he had forfeited. Adam knew not when it would take place, and I saw his deep sadness because Eve bore him only sons. But at last she had a daughter."
