The Annunication
We are hers by begetful love,
her 'yes' lacking pain of sin*,
since Love, like Faith, goes beyond reason.
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* - In contrast to Eve's 'no', Mary's 'yes' wasn't under the law (i.e. threat of sin). Theologians say that had Mary turned down the angel Gabriel's request it wouldn't even have been a venial sin.
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