Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord - Reflection
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March 25, 2023Today’s readings invite us to examine how we make significant choices. They offer Mary, the mother of Jesus, as an example for reflection. "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you…You have found favor with God" (LK 1:28, 30). How does this teenage Jewess respond?
In some mysterious way, Mary experienced the presence of God asking her to become someone she never imagined. Trusting that God was and would be with her, she listened, pondered, questioned, and ultimately stated her fiat, "May it be done to me! ---Yes!" The traditional Catholic prayer, the Angelus commemorates this event and the Incarnation, Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus.
This Solemnity invites us to follow Mary's example by including God in our decision-making. Mary is not only the source of grace; she is the very model of what a Christian heart should look like. We Christians follow our mother and model in discipleship. Our baptism makes us living sacraments of love, like her. Like her, we can be bearers of Christ to the world.
