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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Annunciation | Family Rosary | anxiety
Meg Herriot meditates on how anxiety and the desire to control can be parenting pitfalls, butwe have a model in our Holy Mother. Praying the Mysteries of the Rosary: a Meandering Path I’ve written before about the gift of praying the Rosary, and how it has been a meandering path of Our Lady leading my family closer to her and our Lord. There have been some Mysteries of the Rosary that have been easier to enter into, to meditate on, and understand. I would say the Mystery of the Annunciation has always been more of a mystery to me. I was fortunate enough to take a trip to the place in the Holy Land where this mystery has been understood to have occurred. But obviously, I’ve never had anything similar to that situation happen, nor would I ever be worthy of it. So it seems harder to enter into, that is, until the other day.
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Annunciation | Fiat | serving others
The great Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, March 25, is the liturgical day when the Church recalls and meditates upon the moment when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced to her that she had “found favor with God” and that she would conceive in her womb and bear a son whom she would name Jesus. She gives her “yes” or in Latin “fiat,” fiat referring to the full Latin scripture verse where Mary replies to Gabriel “Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum”— “May it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).
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Annunciation | Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary | pray the rosary
"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God." An interesting choice of words from the archangel Gabriel, this "favor with God." When I first read this, I questioned if Gabriel and I shared the same definition and understanding of "favor," as it turns out, we don't. This favor is not partiality, benefit, or worldly; instead, it is quite heavenly. Favor with God, of which Gabriel speaks, refers to the privilege of sharing in the Divine life of God—of accepting, receiving, and cooperating with grace. Mary, full of grace, models how your life can be a rollercoaster, but your faith, hope, and love can remain steadfast.
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