As the Mother of God, the Virgin Mary has a unique position among the
    saints, indeed, among all creatures. She is exalted, yet still one of us.

   Redeemed by reason of the merits of her Son and
   united to Him by a close and indissoluble tie, she is
   endowed with the high office and dignity of being the
   Mother of the Son of God, by which account she is also the beloved daughter of the Father and the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of this gift of sublime grace she far surpasses all creatures, both in heaven and on earth. At the same time, however, because she belongs to the offspring of Adam she is one with all those who are to be saved.  (Lumen Gentium, no. 53)

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