Christmas
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MARY surrenders to the will of God and welcomes the news of the angel Gabriel.
We need to say a courageous and generous “Yes” to God as Mary did. True obedience comes from a free choice made in the light of what is true and good.
It often requires a great deal of courage, because it can involve going against the tide of social expectations. True obedience also aims at putting oneself at the service of something and or someone that is greater than oneself by accepting what God clearly wants us to do or what He wants to do through us.
Jesus’ own moment of greatness, like his Mother’s, came when he said “Yes,” to his Father in Gethsemane, and Jesus’ own obedience is our model.
Will we surrender to God and allow God to do what, from our human point of view, seems impossible?
Will we surrender our agenda, our will and our kingdom to God and allow God’s agenda to work in and through us this Christmas?