She Said Yes

 

Today we remember Mary's Yes.  That all-important and glorious act of "Yes" that brought us a Redeemer.  In the midst of Lent, we recall who is at the very heart of Jesus's life.  How profound and beautiful that moment of the "Yes" becomes in the light of His Passion.  She said yes to all of the agony at that moment, unknowingly, but at the same time accepting what would be harder than anything she could have imagined. 

She couldn't know that this would come, and yet she said yes, without reservation and without fear.  Oh Mary, you are truly "our tainted nature's solitary boast."

Turtle's rendition of the Madre della Divina Provvidenza

Thank you, thank you for saying Yes!

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 The painting at the top is one of my favorites of Mary, given to me by a college friend and roommate.  It is called the Madre della Divina Provvidenza.  The image is from a church in Rome.