Month: August 2023

Since death is the outcome of Original Sin and since there are only two people in the history of earth who were born without Original Sin – Jesus and Mary – it follows from the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary that Christ chose to die for us. For Mary, being without Original Sin (indeed without any sin), was taken up body and soul into heaven. Christ, being without Original Sin (indeed without any sin), tt was not necessary for him to die. However, He freely chose death in accordance with the will of his father for us and our salvation. I “Therefore doth the Father love me because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No man taketh it away from me but I lay it down of myself…”