Mary‘s preparation for the Incarnation Part 2 - The Incarnation - Bk3 - Ch2

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda continues her description of the preparation (through grace) of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was unaware that she was being prepared and what she was being prepared for. The Blessed Virgin Mary, reminds us of something very important when reflecting on creation, "...I wish you to perceive the admirable order of his wisdom in the creation of man. Take notice, therefore, that his Creator made him out of nothing, not in order to be a slave, but in order to be the king and the master of all creation (Genesis 1 26), and in order that he make use of creatures in sovereignty, command, and mastery; yet at the same time man was to recognize himself as the image of his Maker and the work of his hand, remaining more devoted to God and more submissive to his will than the creatures to man; for all this was demanded by justice and reason."

The Blessed Virgin Mary continued, "But the foolishness of man disturbs this order and destroys this harmony, when, being created as the lord and king of creatures, he enslaves himself, subjecting himself to them, and degrading his dignity in using visible things not as a prudent master, but as an unworthy vassal. For he debases himself beneath the lowest of creatures, by losing sight of the fact that he is their superior. All this perversity arises from the use of creatures not for the service of the Creator through well-ordered faith, but for the indulgence of the passions and the delights of the senses. Hence also arises man’s great abhorrence of those things which are not pleasing to the senses."