[vn-families] Fwd: The Call Of The Present

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Let it be to me according to your word.------------Luke 1:38


The life of the mother of Jesus was simple and plain. She did the tasks that others did at her age, learning how to be a good homemaker for her 'future' husband. There was n othing o ut of the ordinary about her external life-------at l east n ot revealed in Scripture.
Yet what treasures of grace l ie concealed in Mery's attitude! When the angel announced that her child would be called "the Son of God," she responded, "Let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
Her answer c ontained all that our Lord requires----the pure, simple submission of the soul to His will. This was the secret of Mary's deep spirituality: She a bandoned herself to God's will in the present and received the grace to do what God asked' of her.
What is God asking you to do? It may be something magnificent, or something ordinary. It may be to respond actively to a command of Scripture, or to submit patiently to present suffering. "What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the holiest thing that could happen to us," commented the 18th-century writer Jean-Pierre de Caussade.
Are you able to accept each moment with grace and submission? Can you respond to the Lord as Mary said to the angel, "Let it be to me according to your word"?--------David Roper
May we learn the blessed sec ret
Of delighting in Your will,
Welcoming whate'er You send us,
Joy of sorrow, good or ill.------Anon.
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To know God's will is a treasure;
to do God's will is a privilege..

*************************************************************************  Again, me^n' chu'c ta^'t ba.n dde^m Noel tu+o+i vui, tha'nh thie^.n, a^m' cu'ng cu`ng ngu+o+`i tha^n. Xin Thie^n Chu'a va` Me. Maria  'luo^n b'an  o+n la`nh ho^`n xa'c dde^'n ta^'t ca? qu'i vi. cu`ng gia quye^'n nhe'!
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  Thuy' V a^n
 
   
   
   
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  "The fruit of the Spirit is love.., joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control"........Galatians 5:22-23
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