| A | B |
|---|
| The Annunciation | the announcement to Mary that God chose her to be the Mother of God |
| Mary | is the New Eve, the mother of all who live according to the life of grace |
| Eve | formed from the rib of a man |
| Eve | "She took some of its fruit and ate it." |
| Adam | "The man called his wife 'Eve'." |
| Mary | Immaculately conceived. |
| Mary | "I am the handmaid of the Lord." |
| Eve | mother of all the living |
| Mary | "Hail, full of grace." |
| Mary | Mother of the Church, "Woman, behold you son." |
| Mary's fiat | "Let it be done to me according to your word." |
| The New Eve | Mary |
| Jesus | He gave his Mother to his followers. She is the Mother of the Church. |
| Immaculate Conception | "...is the gift of God by which Mary was preserved from original sin, from the moment of her conception, by the merits of Jesus Christ" (CCC 491) |
| Mary is the Mother Jesus. | Means that Mary conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit and without a human father. |
| The Assumption | By a special gift of God, at the end of her earthly life, Mary was taken into heaven in body and soul. Her body did not undergo decomposition. |
| Mary is the Mother of God. | Means that Jesus is God, but he is also true man. |
| Do we worship Mary? | No. We venerate (honor) her as the Mother of God and the greatest of all the saints. |
