A friend of mine wrote recently that he felt God calling him to a more complete surrender to God's love so that he might be more centered in his daily walk of life. That is the call to all of us. We cannot make progress in our relationship with God unless we remove the obstacles of sin, fear, anxiety, and a pre-occupation with self...self-will, self-gratification, self-aggrandizement, and self-doubt. God will help us to come to the needed point of submission through the events and people we meet on our "daily walk of life." Mary's "submission" to the invitation of the angel Gabriel is the model for us to follow. In Luke 1: 38 we read her response to this overture of God's love: "I am the Lord's servant, and I am willing to accept whatever he ['God] wants. May everything you have said come true." What is being said to us today? this summer? Is God moving us to a more complete surrender? Do we look upon the invitation as an act of God's love, or the torturous will of a heatless controller? Saturdays are Mary Days. May our rosary, or our meditation on the Announciation help us to find joy in God's call to a more complete surrender to his love, and thus find peace and a life more centered and focused on what (who) really matters.
Bro. Rene
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