Joyful
1st Joyful: The Annunciation
The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she is to be the Mother of God.
Lk 1:26-38
An angel speaks to a young woman in an ordinary town, and the world turns. Mary does not weigh the cost. She does not ask for a sign. She says yes — fiat — and in that single word the eternal Word becomes flesh inside her. We meditate on the courage of her trust, on a God who waits to be invited, and on every small yes that opens our own life to grace.