And she was not just any woman capable of carrying a pregnancy to term. The Fathers of the Eastern Church remember Mary as the New Eve, parallel to her Son, the New Adam. In order to understand this symbolism, recall that man and woman were created in God’s image with the calling to grow ever more fully into the divine likeness. Unfortunately, our first parents chose to obey their own prideful will instead of the calling to grow in relationship with the Lord. The consequences of their taking a trajectory