Reflection for March 27

Feast of the Annunciation: March 25
The angel said to [Mary], “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God... For nothing will be impossible with God (Luke 1:35, 37). Gabriel’s parting words to Mary remind us that “nothing will be impossible with God.” In each of us there exists the potential not only to receive visits by angels, but even to serve as messengers of God. Like Gabriel’s life-changing, world-changing effect, each of us has the potential, and baptismal call, to change the world. It is us, God’s contemporary angels, who can heal a hurting world. The Holy Spirit bestows the resources, the will and the responsibility upon us at our baptism. A hungry child...a struggling woman, afraid for her life...a young boy, forced to hold a rifle...all are waiting for an angel. What will it take for you to be the angel? (Bonnie Anderson, ERD 2011 Lenten Devotions)