As a young uneducated woman – and one
without status or influence in her society – Mary calls forth in us courage for
our own annunciation
moments.
Those awe-inspiring moments when we sense God inviting us to something
beyond anything we could have imagined.
When we are being invited to deeply trust our own sense of what God is
saying to us even when those around us do not yet understand.
I wonder what Mary felt and thought in the
moments between the invitation and her yes. Was she tempted to say no? To feel she wasn’t worthy? To want to rewind to before this moment when
life was simple. Perhaps to say yes, but not yet – I’m not ready for
this. While she was preserved from the original fracture and its
consequences, she was not immune from human doubts and fears.
How do we grapple in our annunciation
moments when our former understanding of our future is shattered and a new one
is held out in invitation?... Can we ask
Mary our sister to inspire us to consent to grace – even terrifying grace? To trust that, like her, when we say our yes,
the unimaginable can happen because nothing is impossible for God?
--Annemarie Paulin-Campbell
Image source: Frederic James Shields, The Annunciation, http://pikby.com/media/395542779753830176/
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