3RD TUESDAY HOMILY IN LENT — YEAR A
3RD TUESDAY HOMILY IN LENT — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: COOPERATING WITH GOD’S GRACE
BY: Bishop Gerald M. Musa
“Holiness is the joy of doing God’s will,” says St. John Paul II. Mary gives us a perfect example of doing God’s will and cooperating with God’s grace. The Angel visited Mary and announced God’s plan to her: “You have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus” (Luke 1:30-31). The angel addressed Mary as the “Favored One” (Greek Kecharitomene, Luke 1:28). Mary responded, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). Mary declared herself as the servant of the Lord, and through her submission, she played a vital role in the salvation of the world as the mother of the long-awaited Savior, who was foretold by Prophet Isaiah.
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This significant encounter between the Angel and Mary is called the Annunciation (the announcement of the birth of Jesus), which is celebrated every 25th March, nine months before the birth of Jesus. The Angelus is also a daily prayer that recalls the appearance of the Angel to Mary, the message he brought, and Mary’s response. Like Mary, we too can make ourselves available to cooperate with God’s plan by saying, “I delight to do your will, O my God” (Psalm 40:9). Do we make ourselves available to accept and accomplish God’s will?
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38
Annunciation of the Lord
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