Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the
virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace!
The Lord is with you." But she was greatly troubled at what was said and
pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be
great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him
the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob
forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end." But Mary said to the
angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" And
the angel said to her in reply, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and
the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has
also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who
was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God." Mary said,
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to
your word." Then the angel departed from her.
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Reflection:
Among many women why was Mary chosen to
be the mother of Jesus? This is for the reason that Mary was humble and
compliant to the will of God. Mary did not say I will not submit to the will of
God because I have my own will for myself Mary humbly said yes.
The Lord always chooses and uses the humble and the compliant for the
realization of His plans in this world. Simply put Mary humbly submitted her
own humanity to the wisdom of our all-knowing God. Like Mary do we always submit
to the wisdom of God? Or we only submit when it favor us when it doesn’t favor
us, we decline God’s wisdom and submit to our own will.
God’s wisdom is always for our own betterment. We may initially see it as
something that is very hard to follow because we would be pulled out from our
own comfort zones or from our own sinful zones. But at the end we would realize
that the plan of God is correct and it’s for our own good.
Today being Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. Let us reflect
upon the Blessed Mother’s humility and compliance to the plan and will of God.
That the plan of God is always designed for our own good. We may not understand
it now but God’s plan is always for our own good. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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