2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89/Rom 16:25-27/Lk 1:26-38
Our Sunday Gospel for today is about the Annunciation. The Archangel Gabriel announces to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she is chosen by God in order to be the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. Just as how the angel Gabriel said to the Virgin Mary, the Virgin Mary was found with favor in God. God was pleased at Mary that He chose her to be the mother of the Word-made-flesh - Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity.
The fiat of the Blessed Virgin Mary gave the go-signal for Jesus to be born. God chose Mary among all women to be the mother of Christ. Mary approved God's request for the Messiah to be born of her. She allowed God to work His plan for her and for the whole world. We could say that the Blessed Virgin Mary had plans for her own. She was already betrothed to St. Joseph and they could have lived a simple life together. But it all changed when the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.
If Mary did not accept God's will, the whole world would still be slaves of sin. Mankind would still be slaves of sin. We would still be living under the bondage of sin. We wouldn't be free or saved from sin. But Mary accepted the will of God. Her faith and trust in God became the way for her to accept the will of God. Thus, Mary allowed God to work His plan of salvation. The Blessed Virgin accepted God's plan and gave the go-signal for Jesus to be born.
God did not will for mankind to become slaves of sin. The Lord was hurt on the sight of mankind under the slavery of sin. It was not God's plan or will for mankind to be slaves of sin. He planned to free mankind from sin, just as how He freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. That's why God decided to become man, just like all of us, in the person of Jesus. By becoming man, God expresses that He is one with mankind. Jesus is our Emmanuel - God with us. Why? Because Jesus Himself is God, the Second Person in the Trinity.
Mary became the way in order for God to become man. The Blessed Mother allowed God to work His plan of salvation. Jesus came here into earth as a human like us, through Mary. This is why the Blessed Virgin Mary is very important for all Christians. If it not for Mary's fiat or submission to the will of God, we would still be all slaves of sin. The fiat of the Blessed Mother paved the way for the salvation of mankind.
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