Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, ordinarily observed on the March 25th, but this year, because that was Palm Sunday, it has been moved to this first day after the Octave of Easter. It was the YES of this young girl from Nazareth which launched the entrance of God directly into our human existence and changed the course of history. God became man, one of us, to show his love for us, his desire for us to be united with him eternally-- the purpose of creation in the first place-- and to save us from sin and death. Without that three-letter acceptance, none of this would have happened.
This is a day to honor Mary for her generous willingness to give up control of her life, and allow God to take it over completely, and a day to thank God for the precious gift of his Son, the God-man. We might also pray that as Mary bore Jesus to the world, we might bear him to others by turning control of our lives over to God, and allowing him to use us as his instruments as humbly and as willingly as Mary did.
Bro. Rene
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