Our Lady’s Two Loves

This dogma has always been believed by the Christian world, but more recently it was made gravely binding for every Catholic to believe. The Virgin Mary was redeemed more perfectly than the rest of men. She was preserved from all stain of original sin by an anticipation of the future merits of Jesus Christ. She was given the initial plenitude of grace at conception, but her capacity to receive Sanctifying Grace grew with her throughout her life. God knew the evil of man after his fall, so God promised that he would put enmity between the devil and the woman. The Blessed Mother has both the heart of a virgin and the heart of a mother.