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J.M.J.
March 25, 2015
The Annunciation
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! In a special way today I desire to call you to conversion. As of today, may new life begin in your heart. Children, I desire to see your 'yes', and may your life be a joyful living of God's will at every moment of your life. In a special way today, I bless you with my motherly blessing of peace, love and unity in my heart and in the heart of my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call." March 25, 2011
On
this incredible feast, the day that Our Lady said "Yes" to the Father,
and received Jesus, the day Jesus said "Yes" to the Father and became
man, and the day the Holy Spirit said "Yes" to the Father and
overshadowed Our Lady, we can only remain in awe and thanksgiving at the
love of God. This is the day our salvation began.
In
the message above, Our Lady shares with us her desire that (like her)
we will say "yes" to the Father, choosing to joyfully live His will at
every moment of our lives. In our own small way we too can participate
in the plan of salvation that began on this feast so many years ago.
In
the Office of Readings, the Church provides a powerful meditation on
the meaning of the Incarnation of Jesus which happened at the
Annunciation. It is by St. Leo the Great. His words help us to take in
the depth of this mystery which can only take our breath away. On this
day, let us ponder the unthinkable love of God, expressed in the
Incarnation of Jesus. It will help us to receive new life in our hearts!
From a letter by Saint Leo the Great, pope
The mystery of man's reconciliation with God
Lowliness
is assured by majesty, weakness by power, mortality by eternity. To pay
the debt of our sinful state, a nature that was incapable of suffering
was joined to one that could suffer. Thus, in keeping with the healing
that we needed, one and the same mediator between God and men, the man
Jesus Christ, was able to die in one nature, and unable to die in the
other.
He
who is true God was therefore born in the complete and perfect nature
of a true man, whole in his own nature, whole in ours. By our nature we
mean what the Creator had fashioned in us from the beginning, and took
to himself in order to restore it.
For
in the Savior there was no trace of what the deceiver introduced and
man, being misled, allowed to enter. It does not follow that because he
submitted to sharing in our human weakness he therefore shared in our
sins.
He
took the nature of a servant without stain of sin, enlarging our
humanity without diminishing his divinity. He emptied himself; though
invisible he made himself visible, though Creator and Lord of all things
he chose to be one of us mortal men. Yet this was the condescension of
compassion, not the loss of omnipotence. So he who in the nature of God
had created man, became in the nature of a servant, man himself.
Thus
the Son of God enters this lowly world. He comes down from the throne
of heaven, yet does not separate himself from the Father's glory. He is
born in a new condition, by a new birth.
He
was born in a new condition, for, invisible in his own nature, he
became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, he chose to come within our
grasp. Existing before time began, he began to exist at a moment in
time. Lord of the universe, he hid his infinite glory and took the
nature of a servant. Incapable of suffering as God, he did not refuse to
be a man, capable of suffering. Immortal, he chose to be subject to the
laws of death.
He
who is true God is also true man. There is no falsehood in this unity
as long as the lowliness of man and the pre-eminence of God coexist in
mutual relationship.
As
God does not change by his condescension, so man is not swallowed up by
being exalted. Each nature exercises its own activity, in communion
with the other. The Word does what is proper to the Word, the flesh
fulfills what is proper to the flesh.
One
nature is resplendent with miracles, the other falls victim to
injuries. As the Word does not lose equality with the Father's glory, so
the flesh does not leave behind the nature of our race.
One
and the same person - this must be said over and over again - is truly
the Son of God and truly the son of man. He is God in virtue of the fact
that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He is man in virtue of the fact that the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us.
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In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2015
PS. I will send out the message as soon as I receive it! Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
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