Let it be to me according to your word.” That is not just an incredible act of complete humility and obedience, but it is an act of almost unimaginable surrender. If Mary was found with child out of marriage, by the law of Israel she could be stoned. And she could have said no, and avoided all that. Instead she said “Fiat,” being under no misunderstanding about what that word could have meant to her, yet trusting fully in the God who sent His archangel. But how would you feel to know that you had conceived in your womb the Creator of all things?
Waiting in a silent prayer.
BY: Henry Matthew Alt • December 22, 2013 • Liturgical Year