José Romero, LC
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Christ, our King.
Thy Kingdom come!
Preparatory prayer (to put me in the presence of God)
Lord, give me the grace to listen to you today.
Gospel of the day (to guide your meditation)
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke 1:26-38
At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man of the seed of David, named Joseph. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you. When she heard these words, she was greatly troubled and wondered what such a greeting meant. The angel said to her, ”Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. You will conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; he will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I remain a virgin?” The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will descend upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy One who is to be born of you will be called the Son of God. Behold your kinswoman Elizabeth, who, in spite of her old age, has conceived a son, and she who was called barren is already in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible with God”. Mary answered, “I am the handmaid of the Lord; let what you have said to me be fulfilled in me”. And the angel withdrew from her presence.
Word of the Lord
Meditate on what God tells you in the Gospel
¿Cuántas veces, durante el día, decimos sí o no a Dios? ¿Cuántas veces decimos sí cuando realmente queremos decir no? ¿Qué diferencia hay entre mi sí y el sí de María?
Y es que el sí de María no es simplemente un sí a la voluntad de Dios; no es un sí consciente a Dios Todopoderoso. El sí de María es un acto de amor hacia Dios. Es un sí que ocasiona la presencia de Dios en ella, porque es un sí de total entrega, un sí al Amor.
Porque no se ama la voluntad de Dios, sino se ama solamente a Dios y ese amor a Él nos hace querer su voluntad. Nuestra Madre decide servir al Señor, no porque fuera sumisa sino porque amaba. Sólo un amor libre y real a Dios es lo que nos va a llevar a ser servidores en el amor.
Nosotros, como hijos de María, hemos heredado ese espíritu de servicio; no amamos las cosas que nos da Dios o las cosas que no nos da, sino amamos a Dios. Un amor que debe ser libre y real, un amor que empuja nuestra alma a que nuestro sí sea un acto de amor.
Digámosle un sí a nuestro Señor, un sí de amor. Un sí que ocasione la presencia de Dios en nuestro ser, un sí que acoja a ese Dios que quiere nacer en nosotros.
«Mary's “yes” opens the door to Jesus“ ”yes“: ”I come to do your will“. And this ”yes“ goes with Jesus throughout his life, up to the cross: ”Take this cup away from me, Father, but your will be done“. It is in Jesus Christ that, as Paul says to the Corinthians, we find God's ”yes“: He is the ”yes“. Today is a beautiful day to thank the Lord for having taught us this way of ”yes“, and also to think about our life. All of us, every day, have to say ”yes“ or ”no“, and to think if we always say ”yes“ or many times we hide, with our heads down, like Adam and Eve, in order not to say ”no“, pretending not to understand ”what God asks“. Today is the feast of ”yes»".
(Homilía de S.S. Francisco, 4 de abril de 2016).
Dialogue with Christ
This is the most important part of your prayer, prepare yourself to talk with much love with the One who loves you.
Purpose
Propose a personal one. The one that involves the most love in response to the Beloved... or, if you believe that this is what God is asking of you, live what is suggested below.
I will say “yes” to all the good that I am asked to do today, conscious of the love that I will put into everything.
Farewell
Christ, our King!
Thy Kingdom come!
Most prudent Virgin, Mary, Mother of the Church.
Pray for us.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
