Blessed Virgin Mary
Theotokos Mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Christ
v5
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
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v6
Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
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v7
Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.
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The Church
v26
Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!“
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v27
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
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Eve
Elizabeth
from a friend wrote in another symbolic group:
“Certainly, God works with “both hands.” As in everything, He resolves that ambivalence. “Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” This is the same dialectic seen in the pair of Elizabeth and Mary in the conception of John and Jesus. Elizabeth represents the old (she herself is elderly) and recapitulates the ancient stories of barren and/or elderly women; she signifies the continuity of tradition. Mary, on the other hand, is young, the new, and conceives in an unprecedented way; she is the prophetic breakthrough. Both are part of the same movement of God, directed toward the manifestation of Christ, which is the manifestation of the knowledge of God.
Elizabeth-barrenness and Mary-virginity are like two complementary poles in which God prevails, demonstrating that fatherhood is ultimately always His. Here, a connection emerges with the canticle of Hannah, which she sang after conceiving Samuel and which informs the Magnificat that Mary proclaims before Elizabeth, as well as with the name of the Archangel Gabriel. However, diving into the nuances of Hebrew words would require a deeper exploration, and I wouldn’t want to seem (too) pedantic.”
Earth
v7
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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v35
The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
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