be our mother. Just think that if Mary had to say a ‘No’, all of humankind would lose a powerful intercessor and a loving mother. Mary’s Yes helped in continuing the saving plan of God. Thus this Yes of Mary was in obedience to God’s will and his word. We see that Mary’s Yeses have influenced the life of Jesus in many ways. The best example is in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus submits to the will of the Father in the words, “…not mine but your will be done.” Mary features very few times in the Gospel, but every time she is seen she sets an example to us of the Great virtue of openness which leads us to say Yes! In our lives, we must always like Mary surrender ourselves to the Father and tell him Totus Tuus, Totally yours.
Cl. Leroy Mascarenhas
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