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Mary, woman of faith

John Paul II says the story of the Annunciation

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"the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, the virgin's name was Mary. And when, he said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." She was deeply disturbed by these words and pondered what sort of greeting. The angel said: Fear not Mary, for thou hast found favor with God, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Highest and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, will reign over the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom will end. "Mary said to the angel:" How can this be, since I have no husband? "The angel answered," The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you: therefore you have be born will be called holy, Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative has also conceived a son in his old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren, for nothing is impossible with God. "Mary said," Behold the handmaid of the Lord, let it me according to thy word. 'And the angel left left. "Gospel of Luke (Lk 1, 26-38)

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1. The angel who intends to be a mother, Mary makes this the purpose of virginity. She, believing in the possibility of compliance with the notice, summons the divine messenger only on the mode of implementation, to correspond better to the will of God, which wants to join and delivered with full availability.

"He looked the way, no doubt the omnipotence of God," says St. Augustine (Sermo 291).

Moved by his love

2. Luke does not indicate the precise location which made the announcement of the birth of the Lord refers only that Mary was in Nazareth, a village of little importance, which seems destined to that event.

addition, the evangelist does not attach particular importance to the moment when the angel comes as no precise historical circumstances. In contact with the heavenly messenger, the focus is on the content of his words, which require intense listening to Mary and a pure faith.

This last consideration allows us to appreciate the greatness of faith of Mary, especially when compared with the tendency to constantly ask, both yesterday and today sensible signs to believe. On the contrary, the acceptance of divine will by the Virgin Mary is motivated only by his love of God.

Your question shows her faith

3. Mary was invited to believe in a virgin motherhood, which the Old Testament does not recall any precedent.

In fact, the famous prophecy of Isaiah: "Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel" (Is 7, 14), while not excluding this perspective, explicitly interpreted in this sense only after the coming of Christ, and in light of the revelation Gospel.

Mary was asked to accept a truth never stated before. She welcomes the bold simplicity. With the question: "How will this be?" Expressed his faith in divine power to reconcile her virginity to motherhood unique and exceptional.

response: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you" (Lk 1, 35), the angel gives the ineffable God's solution to the question posed by Mary. Virginity, which seemed an obstacle to be the specific context in which the Holy Spirit will accomplish in her conception of the Son of God incarnate. The angel's response opens the way for the cooperation of the Virgin with the Holy Spirit in the birth of Jesus.

faith for salvation always

4. In the embodiment of the divine is given the free assistance of the human person. Mary, believing in the word of God, cooperating in the fulfillment of motherhood announced.

The Fathers of the Church often stress this aspect of the virginal conception of Jesus. Especially St. Augustine, commenting on the Gospel of the Annunciation, said: "The angel announced, the Virgin listen, think and conceive" (Sermo 13 in Nat Dom). He adds: "Cree Lady in the Christ who is told, and faith brings to its members, declining faith in their hearts rather than their virgin fertility maternal womb" (Sermon 293).

The act of faith of Mary reminds us of the faith of Abraham, who at the beginning of the Old Covenant believed in God, and thus became the father of numerous descendants (cf. Gn 15, 6, Redemptoris Mater, 14 .) At the beginning of the new alliance also Mary, his faith, exercised a decisive influence on the realization of the mystery of the Incarnation, the beginning and synthesis of all the redemptive mission of Jesus.

The close relationship between faith and salvation, Jesus emphasized during his public life (cf. Mk 5, 34, 10, 52, etc.) also helps us understand the fundamental role of Mary's faith has played and continues to hold salvation of mankind.

John Paul II, July 3, 1993