Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38
How did the Son of God enter the world?
The Gospel gives us a quiet scene in a small town called Nazareth.
But behind that scene there is a much larger drama.
It begins in eternity.
The eternal Father has a plan to save humanity.
The plan is simple, but also astonishing.
The Son will enter our world and become one of us.
The Letter to the Hebrews lets us hear a line from that eternal conversation:
“Behold, I come to do your will.”
The Son agrees.
He is willing to come.
But God does not force his way into human history.
For this plan to happen another “Yes” is needed.
A young Jewish woman named Mary.
An angel appears to her in Nazareth.
He tells her something she could never have imagined.
She is invited to become the mother of the Messiah.
The child will not be conceived in the ordinary way.
It will be the mysterious work of the Holy Spirit.
Now everything waits for her answer.
And Mary says:
“Let it be done to me according to your word.”
Three “Yes”.
The Son says yes to the will of the Father.
Mary says yes to the message of the angel.
And the Holy Spirit silently brings their yes to life.
a new life begins.
The Son of God becomes the Son of Man.
This moment did not appear out of nowhere.
The Bible had been pointing toward it for centuries.
Already in the Book of Genesis there is a promise that the offspring of a woman will overcome the power of evil.
Later the prophet Isaiah speaks of a mysterious sign:
“A virgin shall conceive and bear a son.”
For generations these words waited.
Until the day when Mary said yes.
Why does this matter today?
Because the story reminds us how God usually works.
Not with force.
Not with spectacle.
But through free human cooperation.
God invites.
Humans respond.
History changes.
And that pattern has never stopped.
God still asks for trust.
God still asks for courage.
God still waits for people willing to say yes.
And sometimes a simple yes can change far more than we imagine.
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