THE ANNUNCIATION OF MARY-HER FEAST
4. The Consent.
Mary once She was satisfied that everything came from God gives Her consent. Think also how the Lord behaves. God could have done all that without awaiting Our Lady's consent but He does not want to force Her will.
In like manner He proceeds with us. God does not want any forced consent, any forced love. God wants souls who freely, voluntarily and generously surrender themselves to Him. When it was a matter of creating you, He did not seek your consent; yet for the work of your salvation and sanctification, it is absolutely necessary that you should spontaneously give your consent. He will not forcibly make you a saint against your own will. He will give you His grace and His help; but whether you sanctify yourself through that grace, or waste it and ignore it, that is your own personal business.
The business of your sanctification depends on you, on your own free will. Make no mistake about that.
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