| BkI:19.II.1 | There is nothing in the mother other than the son. Soul in love, there is nothing in Mary that is not yours by right of filiation. Do you really believe that Heaven established the truth of Mary only for her to be praised as a person, as famous people praise their egos? Mary does not have an ego with which to receive praise. Nor does she need to be told who she really is so that she can reaffirm her identity. That would be fantasy. The self who lives in the light of the Lamb of God, those who consciously live in the truth, do not need something external to tell them what they are. They rest entirely on the certainty of being the sons and daughters of God, created in the likeness of love. Everything that is true in Mary is already true in you, not because you have achieved it by merit, but by the pure gift of the love that Mary is. The love of Mary is the love of God. As you know, there is no true love other than God's love. It is impossible that what Mary is, is not what you are. |