He goes on to say that Sister Wendy Beckett, the art critic and historian while describing the Pieta, says Mary’s body is much bigger than Jesus. Mary is like a mountain and the body of Jesus is like a river flowing down the mountain. She’s the means by which Jesus is channelled into the world. She’s the vehicle by which His grace and purity comes into the world and that has a lot to do in the role she plays in the incarnation and salvation history.