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Ponder this virtue and ask God's grace to achieve
it:
Virtues: Humility
To remember the theme of the First Joyful Mystery, add incarnate
after Jesus' name in each Hail Mary prayer.
Holy Name: Jesus incarnate.
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Announce:
The
Annunciation
The Angel Gabriel said,
"Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You
will conceive and bear a Son, and you shall call him Jesus."
~Luke 1:30-31
Meditate:
Mary
was not afraid to do God's will. The angel left her, but she was not
afraid, even as she faced Joseph and his inevitable doubts, even though
she did not understand it all. She trusted in God then, as she would
trust God through Jesus' birth in a stable, through the silent years at
Nazareth, the mysterious years of His ministry and the darkest hours of
His passion and death.
Although
she did not always understand, Mary obeyed God with humility and
trust. She believed in God's purpose for her.
Ask:
I
ask you, God, for Mary's obedience, trust and humility, that I may say as Mary did: "Even if
I do not fully understand, I am your servant, O Lord. I trust in
You." Let me believe in Your purpose for me. As she did, let
me live these words: "Be it
done unto me according to Your word."
Heed Mary's
present-day message from Medjugorje:
Dear
children! Also today, I call you to live my messages even more
strongly in humility and love so that the Holy Spirit may fill you
with His grace and strength. Only in this way will you be witnesses of
peace and forgiveness. Thank you for having responded to my
call." ~ MoM,
April 25, 2004
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Scripture Reading: Luke
1: 26-33, 38:
"In
the sixth month, 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.". . .
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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