Friday 3rd Week of Lent

 

The Annunciation

When the Archangel Gabriel asked Mary if she would bear God's only Son;

Mary responded by saying YES!

Mary said YES however not only to the honor of being the Mother of God

but she she said YES to all that came with it.

Yes, To the sorrow of having her heart be pierced by a sword;

Yes, To the rejection of being an unwanted immigrant in a foreign country and,

Yes, To suffering at the foot of the cross.

It is easy to say YES to God when He offers us joy and consolations.

But how willing are we to say YES

when He offers us a share in His suffering and His cross?

Mary said YES to everything, all the time.

Do we?

YES only means YES if it includes the cross!