Commentary
“The Lord is with You”
The angel’s words of greeting to
Mary are the same words we use to greet each other in the Liturgy, after the
Sign of the Cross, before the proclamation of the Gospel, at the beginning of
the Eucharistic Prayer (to begin the Preface before the Holy, Holy), before the
sign of peace, and before the final blessing.
We believe that the Lord is with each one of us.
Like Mary, we are full of
grace, not because of our credits or efforts, but because “the Holy Spirit has
come upon us, and the power of the Most High overshadows” us, and we become the
sanctuary of the Son of God.
It is the same Son of God who
entered human history at Christmas, who brought us into one with Him in Baptism
and Confirmation, and is now one with us in the Eucharist.
Indeed, we are all “full of
grace.”
May we become more like Mary, who
brings Christ to the world.
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