The Virgin Mary in the Writings of Maria Valtorta
The inspired writings of Maria Valtorta offer salient insights into Our Lady’s role as the Co-redemptrix of humanity. The following is an excerpt from The Virgin Mary in the Writings of Maria Valtorta , Part II – Mary in the Course of Time by Fr. Gabriel M. Roschini, O.S.M.. For more information regarding the writings of Valtorta and its status in the Church please see “In Defense of The Poem of the Man-God,” by Jonathan Baker.-Ed.
The effect of the association of Mary (the new Eve) with Christ (the new Adam) is the objective Redemption of the human race. Humanity was freed from the slavery of sin and death through the merits and atonement of Christ and Mary. (It must be noted that Mary’s merits and atonement draw their co-redemptive efficacy entirely from Christ’s own merits and atonement). The Blessed Virgin declares that She was the one who reestablished peace between Heaven and earth. That peace had been destroyed by the sin of our first parents. Mary had “the joy of being the Woman by means of Whom peace was reestablished between Heaven and earth.
