Cycle B
Good News B17a
Feast of the Annunciation
Gabriel,
one of God’s highest ranked Angels appeared to Mary in
You have
a dream growing inside you. It is a dream put there by God himself. This dream
is to become what God wanted you to become. No one else can do this except you.
Like Mary, you can say, “Yes, Lord. I’ll do this for you.” You also have the
choice of saying, “No, I don’t think I want to do this.”
Each day
when you wake up, you have a choice to offer everything you do for God. Or you
can go through the day without even thinking about God. God thinks about you
every second. If he didn’t think about you, you would not even exist.
You may
not have an angel appearing to announce what God’s plans are for you. But you
will recognize when people need your help. You will know what God wants you to
do. Since God helps you, then you want to help others to show God how much you
love him. You want others to feel his love through your help, mercy and
forgiveness.
Look
around you. See what you can do to create a “love” circle…love from God to you
to another person to God. Clean up your room. Rake up the leaves. Take out the
trash. Make a card to encourage the sick. Open the door for the person behind
you. Do your homework without being asked. Pray for those who take care of the
elderly. Pray for the leaders of your country.
Say the “Our Father.” Ask
God to help fill you with the love and strength to carry out his plan for
you.
“Our Father, who
art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy
name.
Thy
kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is
in heaven.
Give us this day,
our daily bread.
And forgive us our
trespasses,
As we forgive
those who trespass against us.
And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.