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Hail Mary…<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear brothers and sisters, today, on the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Virgin Mary meets an angel. The Archangel Gabriel meets her, and he speaks the first words to her. These words are the first supernatural encounter with the Virgin Mary, when the work of redemption begins with Jesus Christ’s conception. They are important words, well thought out, not just any words or words that just come to mind. On the contrary, they are profound – so profound that the Church has taken them over and uses them in the prayer that we know well – Hail Mary. <\/span>The angel Gabriel approached the Virgin Mary, appeared to her, and addressed her with the words, “Hail,<\/span>\u00a0full of grace, the Lord is with you.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Beautiful, profound, and important words, the meaning of which we can also take. The word \u201cGreetings\u201d is not just an ordinary greeting, like when we say \u201chello\u201d or \u201chave a nice day\u201d to someone. This greeting is much deeper and carries the meaning of joy. It is a call to joy: <\/span>\u201cRejoice!\u201d<\/span><\/strong> The Virgin Mary rejoices. The Angel Gabriel’s call signals the start of something great that will bring joy to the world. The entire work of redemption begins with joy; the Church should also be the Church of joy. She is to experience God’s joy, to give it away because this world\u2014full of pain, wars, fear, and uncertainty\u2014needs it. It needs something positive, certainty, and hope that God brings. <\/span>The first address of the Virgin Mary\u2014”Greetings”\u2014is an invitation to joy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us also rejoice, dear brothers and sisters, because the great joy that came two thousand years ago is still present among us. The Archangel Gabriel continues to address the Virgin Mary:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cFull of grace.\u201d<\/span><\/strong> The Virgin Mary is overflowing with God’s grace. This grace began to work in her at her conception\u2014the Church believes and confesses that the Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived based on the future merits of her son, Jesus Christ. Mary is filled with God’s grace more than anyone else. She is completely overflowing, to the brim. There is no more. And it is through her that we, too, can receive God’s grace. She conveys to us the grace of her son, Jesus Christ. She is the one who had grace enough for herself and for all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of this greeting, the archangel Gabriel says to her, “The<\/span>\u00a0Lord is with you.”<\/span><\/strong> The Lord is with the Virgin Mary. Not just momentarily, not just partially, but completely and constantly\u2014from her conception to her death and Assumption. God is always with her. Just as He should be with us. God is always with us. We must realize this and perceive it. Even if we don’t feel it, even if we don’t see him, even if we experience difficulties and pain, and maybe it seems to us that he has abandoned us, that he has left us at the mercy of the world or the evil spirit\u2014assumption<\/span>\u2014the Lord is always with us. We need to remind ourselves of this constantly.<\/span><\/p>\n

This beautiful greeting of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary at the Annunciation is timeless. The very assumption<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong> became the basis of a prayer that we all know well\u2014the Hail Mary prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this way, we constantly remind ourselves of these events. We should nourish God’s joy within ourselves, call upon God’s grace, and realize that the Lord is always with us. What a beautiful and profound thought! The prayer that God entrusted to us through the Archangel Gabriel is still alive.<\/span>
\nDear brothers and sisters, let us also try to perceive God’s closeness. Let us realize that God is always with us, and may this conviction nourish joy within us. Amen.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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