Mary would never see the world in the same way again because she had conceived beneath her heart, The Word, the Son of God made flesh within her. The Word from the mind of God now in her being...She would now have to see everything through the eyes of that Word and everything would change. "Nothing would again be causal and small, but everything with light invested," (J. Duffy, "The Annunciation"). Christ, the Light of the World.That's what happens when we come to know Christ, to possess Christ, to bring Christ into our very being, flesh of our flesh, blood of our blood. When our heart beats with Christ's heart we see the whole world differently. We look into the womb of every mother and see the image of the Son of God.
John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor
8th Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
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