Participation is the key — participation in Christ, in virtue, in every other person. The apostle Paul speaks of this participation several times, “…so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another”, (Rm 12:5, Ep 4:25, 1Cor 6:15-17).
If we were to examine our component parts, we would find all the spiritual attributes proper to a human person and more. We participate not only in ourselves, but in a family, a community, a nation, a world of other people. Before our physicality, we existed as an idea within the mind of Christ, and the idea of a human person includes many other ideas. These ideas do not sit in isolation, but they contribute to each other and are affected by all other attributes of our person. Any 89 The incorruptibility of Mary was defined as dogma by Pope Pius IX in 1854, in his pronouncement of the immaculate conception of Mary.
Being free of all sin, Mary never suffered the consequences of sin; she did not suffer death, illness, harm, or even aging. She would have grown to perfection (age 33?), and never suffered the corruption of aging. Mary’s union with her spouse the Holy Spirit is complete and permanent, she has become the human incarnation of the Holy Spirit. See section on Virgin Mary.
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attribute in creation can be traced back to Love, who is God, who uses his own detached attributes to form creation from nothing.
We advance as we make greater participation in human virtues, and the divine Christ. When any person advances, every other person who participates in that person also advances.