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On the eve of his passion, taking leave of his disciples, the Lord said, "In my Father’s house are many rooms. . . . I go to prepare a place for you."
By saying, “I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word,” Mary prepared God’s dwelling here on earth; with her body and soul, she became his dwelling place and thereby opened the earth to heaven.
In the gospel we have just heard, St. Luke, with various allusions, makes us understand that Mary is the true Ark of the Covenant, that the mystery of the Temple—God’s dwelling place here on earth—is fulfilled in Mary. God, who became present here on earth, truly dwells in Mary. Mary becomes his tent. What all the cultures desire—that God dwell among us—is brought about here.
St. Augustine says, “Before conceiving the Lord in her body, she had already conceived him in her soul.” She had made room for the Lord in her soul, and thus really became…
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