The four advent candles represent four millennia and stand for the patriarchs, the prophets, the Precursor, and Our Lady. They also represent the 77 generations between Adam and Christ. At the Annunciation, Gabriel approaches Mary as her inferior subject. In this passage we see the truths of her sinlessness, her perpetual virginity, her divine motherhood, and her perfect mediation. The world alone was unworthy to receive the Savior directly. Yet Our Lady surpasses all the grace of the angels and saints together. Mary alone merited the Son of God becoming man by the power of her prayer and perfection of her virtues.
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