‘It is the law that, if a woman having received seed shall bear a man child she shall be unclean seven days. And on the eighth day, the infant shall be circumcised. But she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of purification.’(Leviticus 12: 2-4)
However, Mary did not conceive the Christ child through the reception of the seed of any man but through the power of The Holy Spirit. Mary, was of course, most pure in body and in soul. She was pure in her mind and in her heart. Having been conceived without original sin, she was filled with Holy Spirit from the first moment of her life.She too must have been tempted by the vagaries of this world and of the flesh.But Mother Mary kept herself untainted by sin at all times. Thus in body and in soul, Mary remained always, the most pure virgin.
It is a fact that no human on earth can ever be pure as our Virgin Most Pure. Let us pray that we may receive the grace to fight all the temptations against purity and keep ourselves pure like Virgin Mother in our mind and soul.
