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 1 10    |      Testament. On the one hand, Mary, the chosen daughter of
 2 10    |         The figures of Jesus and Mary his mother not only assure
 3 10(14)|     exegetical tradition sees in Mary at Cana the “figura Synagogae”
 4 15    |       this regard, the figure of Mary constitutes the fundamental
 5 15    |          say metaphorically that Mary is a mirror placed before
 6 15    |      from her. ~The existence of Mary is an invitation to the
 7 15    |        to the foot of the Cross. Mary, in the hour of darkness,
 8 15    |         Word of God. ~It is from Mary that the Church always learns
 9 15    |          the intimacy of Christ. Mary, who carried the small child
10 15    |        by violence and sin. From Mary, the Church learns the meaning
11 15    |        lowly” (Lk 1:51-52). From Mary, the disciples of Christ
12 16    |                   16. To look at Mary and imitate her does not
13 16    |         his Church to learn from Mary the secret of the love that
14 16    |     femininity, the reference to Mary, with her dispositions of
15 17    |       this of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the woman in accord with
16 17    | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.~+ Joseph Card. Ratzinger~