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_005195906	O'Donnell, John Hugh, 1895-1947.	Why the Madonna?	1946		.txt	text/plain	2864	128	75	From the moment during the Annunciation when she said: ''Behold the handmaid of the lord; be it done to me according to thy word” {Luke 1 :38), Mary was in the hands of God more completely than any of His creatures has ever been. ^To be sure, we are all completely in God’s hands, but Mary was chosen for a special mission in the redemption of mankind, a mission foretold in the Garden of Eden when the Lord God ' said to the serpent: I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” {Genesis 3:15). In her consecration to her daily taslfs, she is a perfect example of leaving God for God, and a perfect example for the true Christian ' mother who, after Mary, manifests the sweetness that blossoms from a mother’s love for her children.	cache/_005195906.txt	txt/_005195906.txt