The King and Queen of Material Creation

Mary

I want to take you deeply into this great mystery that God decided to create the human person, clothed in flesh, who had a will that could freely know, love and serve him. He so wanted man to say “yes” to him that he clothed these first two persons with special gifts. Their bodies enjoyed perfect and complete order and their souls enjoyed a unique intimacy with God.

In spite of these prerogatives, their wills remained free, free even from disordered passions and ambitions. They were the king and the queen of his earthly kingdom, meant to pass on their riches to all of their children.

It did not happen. They failed the test. The riches were lost and the inner order was shattered. Such is the state of sinful humanity and the disordered history of mankind. O reader, you are plunged into this sin and disorder, through no fault of your own. How can you conquer? How can your free will, mired in sinful history, correctly choose your Maker? This is the mystery which I will unfold.

Comment: In explaining the will’s freedom, Our Lady describes the sinful state of humanity that hinders free will.