(Listen to this homily here).
The solemnity of the Annunciation is a profound feast
day. This is the day in which we
celebrate Jesus Christ—the second person of the Trinity—beginning his journey
as a human.
Think
about this—in the incarnation God became man. He did so in a miraculous way—without an earthly
father. But the beginning of his
existence as a person began in the same way as each of us. He began as a zygote—a group of cells! He grew as a zygote, embryo, fetus and
baby in Mary’s womb. He was born.
This
is what was promised through the prophet Isaiah: “…the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and
shall name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us!’” The Annunciation is what it means for
God to be with us.
Finally,
remember the words of the angel Gabriel—“Hail,
full of grace! The Lord is with
you…” These are the first
words of the Hail Mary. We should
never forget that Mary’s yes—her fiat—helped bring Jesus into the
world.
As
God is truly with us, let us be with Him.
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