 Guess what? Mary never sinned, but she knows the effects of sin. That is that separation in our fallen world from the good. She experienced evil and sorrow and all the rest in such a way that we can say, wow, our mama knows. She knows and she knows what it takes to get through it. And she knows what it takes for us to be able to persevere and come close to her son, even in, especially in suffering and loss.