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Luke 1:38 NRSVue

38Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
Mary's 'Here I am' is such a simple statement but reminds me that I am often distracted. I consider how too much looking ahead or back distractdistracts me from being present to myself - where God wants to meet me.

Reflection
'The angel departed.' Mary did not live in the glow of the angel's presence but took the message of God's presence into her daily life. I value this time of quiet and ask that it nourish me in the busy moments of my life.

Reflection
When a woman in the crowd cried to Jesus: /Blessed is the womb that bore you,/ he replied, /Blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it./ First of these was his mother, who said /Let it be with me according to your word./ We remember her words whenever we pray the /Angelus/.

Reflection
Lord, this is not an easy prayer to make. You prayed it yourself in Gethsemane in a sweat of blood: /Not my will but yours be done./ Help me to make it the pattern of my life. What issues of surrender and trust does it raise for me?

Reflection
Mary's 'Here I am' is such a simple statement but reminds me that I am often distracted. I consider how too much looking ahead or back distracts me from being present to myself - where God wants to meet me.

Reflection
‘The angel departed.’ Mary did not live in the glow of the angel’s presence but took the message of God’s presence into her daily life. I value this time of quiet and ask that it nourish me in the busy moments of my life.