“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done unto me, according to Your Word.”

Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus. Mother of God, Mother of us all.

As we contemplate the Blessed Mother, we are first struck by Her humility. Of all the creatures God created, She is the most humble of all. With Her great docility, She was able to submit, wholely and completely to the Will of God.

It wasn’t as if She said yes, with any sort of hesitation. She did not say “Yes” and then hold back any of Her being. She was, as they say ‘ All in,” even though She did not fully understand the message the angel brought to Her.

How many times in our own lives have we been asked to do something and even though we may have agreed to help, or to do whatever is asked, we hold back. We give, but we don’t give it our all. We keep something back for ourselves. More often than not, because of our inclination to sin, our yes, is not the kind of full self giving yes that Mary gave as her response to the angel of the Lord.

On this first Saturday of August, a month with a few very special Marian feast days, let us ponder, meditate and pray about Mary’s prompt and total self giving, Her yes to the Lord, and let us thank Her for all of Her gifts and ask Her to help us give the Lord our yes. Humbly, completely and without fear.

Ask Our Lady to help you so that you may give the Lord your heart, your body and all of your being, so that you may give the Lord your fiat. Love Our Lady, and live these days well, my friends!