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508 From among the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of his Son. Full of grace, Mary is the most excellent fruit of redemption (SC 1o3):from thefirst instant of her conception, she was totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained pure from all personal sin throughout her l~fe. 509 Mary is truly Mother of God since
she is the mother of the eternal Son of God made man, who is
God himself 510 Mary remained a virgin in conceiving her
Son, a virgin in giving birth to him,
a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her
breast, always a virgin (St
Augustine, Serm. i86, i: PL 38, 999): with her whole
being she is the handmaid of the
Lord (Lk 1:38). ~ ii The Virgin Mary co-operated through free
faith and obedience in human salvation (LG ~6). She
uttered her yes in the name of all human nature
(St Thomas Aquinas, STh 111,30, i). By her obedience she
became the new Eve, mother of the living. Paragraph 3. The Mysteries of Christs Life 512 Concerning Christs life the Creed speaks
only about the mysteries of the Incarnation (conception and
birth) and Paschal mystery (passion, crucifixion, death,
burial, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension). It
says nothing explicitly about the
concerning his Incarnation and Passover do
shed light on the whole of his earthly life. All
that Jesus did and taught, from the beginning until the day
when he was taken up to heaven,7 is to be
seen in the light of the mysteries of Christmas and Easter.
513 According to circumstances catechesis will make
use of all the
indicate some elements common to all the
mysteries of Christs life (I), in order then to sketch
the principal mysteries ofJesus hidden (II) and public
(III) life. I. Christs Whole Life Is Mystery
514 Many things aboutJesus of interest to human curiosity
do not figure in the Gospels. Almost nothing is said about
his hidden life at Nazareth, and even a great part of his
public life is not recounted.72 What is written in the
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