Mary is believed to be conceived without sin in the Catholic Church. It is required for Catholics to believed in it with Great Faith. Mary indeed was saved by God from sin before she even committed any and she is preserved by his Grace from inheriting original sin from her Parents. Original Sin is inherited from the time of physical conception.
But Mary through God's Love and Grace was preserved from Original Sin. Her very conception itself was made Holy by the Almighty. This Immaculate Conception of Mary was not recorded in the Bible but is a matter of Faith that God's ways is always in the matter of Holiness and it is in the context of Perfected Love.
Even though Mary needed a savior she was saved by being preserved from sin instead of being allowed to commit it in the first place. It is better to save someone from falling into a pile of mud instead of just raising them up when they are have already fallen into it.
Mary as the Ark of Salvation
Just like the Holy Ark of the Covenant that Hold the Ten Commandments. In Mary's womb the living Divine Word of God was conceived. If the Ark containing the commandments was made Holy, so is the Living Ark of the New Covenant of Salvation which is in the person of Mary. As the ''Person'' bearing the New Covenant which Jesus in Body and Blood. Mary is more Holier than the Ark of the Covenant because she is conceived without Sin.
If Mary was a sinner, Jesus could have inherited original sin in his Human Nature. She was not a mere sinful vessel in which the messiah was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rather, she was sanctified by God and very clean and pure in both Body and Soul. Nobody puts something pure and very important in a dirty container but it is put in a containment that is fitting, secure and clean.
God's Love Represented through Mother and Child
Mary had a special motherhood, she carried both Human and Divine. God's plan of salvation is in the perfected image of Love. The special bond between Mother and Child. God is Love, so his idea for salvation is done through the perfected ways of Love. In Love there is no place for sin, everything is just made perfect. The Son of God was very Holy and so was the Mother who carried him, must also be Holy and not stained with Sin.
This is God's ways not the imperfect preference of human and worldly ways. Everything is in his Intelligent design. Nothing will be out of place, there is a Divine Order of things even in a sinful world full of corrupt ideologies. Mary is loved by God as his precious hand maiden and Jesus loves and respects his own Mother.
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