March
25
"Let it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
Reflection: Facing an unplanned pregnancy, Mary freely chooses to accept the Child, and in doing so, acknowledges the primacy of the word. The truth of God's Word exists before her own choosing. She submits to a word, a truth, she did not create. At the heart of the "pro-choice" mentality, instead, is the idea that we create our own truth. This mentality holds that the value of the unborn child, and that child's right to exist, depend upon the choice of the mother.
Prayer: Lord, let it be done to me also according to your word, now and always! Amen!