Mary's humble dependence on God and His will is reflected beautifully in her reply, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord." (Lk 1: 38) This interior attitude of Mary's is equal to that of Jesus: "Behold, I come to do your will." (Heb 10:9) This deep interior disposition was constant throughout the Blessed Virgin's life. Her life was one of docility which is expressed in this attitude of "handmaiden". We too can make this our attitude of being easily led by God when we accept all that He permits in our lives. God wills the inconveniences, poverty (spiritual and material), privations, separations, persecutions, insults, and hardships as grace. Let us, like Mary, humbly depend on God for everything.
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