On the Joy of the Nativity of Mary
I want today to unpack the doctrine taught by the Church Father S. John of Damascus, which is included on our service bulletin. S. John of Damascus says, “The day of the Nativity of the Theotokos [that’s the title of Mary, it means “bearer of God”] is the feast of joy for the whole world, because through the Theotokos the entire human race was renewed and the grief of the first mother Eve was changed into joy.” The Church rejoices at Mary’s nativity, in other words, for two reasons. The first is that through it the entire human race was renewed, and the second is that through it Eve’s grief…
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