To
Mary God gave his only-begotten Son, whom he loved as himself.
Through Mary God made himself a Son, not different but the same, by
nature Son of God and Son of Mary. The whole universe was created by
God, and God was born of Mary. God created all things, and Mary gave
birth to God. The God who made all things gave himself form through
Mary, and thus he made his own creation. He who could create all
things from nothing would not remake his ruined creation without
Mary.
God,
then, is the Father of the created world and Mary the mother of the
re-created world. God is the Father by whom all things were given
life, and Mary the mother through whom all things were given new
life. For God begot the Son, through whom all things were made, and
Mary gave birth to him as the Savior of the world. Without God’s
Son, nothing could exist; without Mary’s Son, nothing could be
redeemed.
Truly
the Lord is with you, to whom the Lord granted that all nature should
owe as much to you as to himself.
--
Saint Anselm of Canterbury from
a sermon