This first chapter of Luke is the story of women, Mary and Elizabeth. Okay, it's the story of God moving and acting in these women's lives. Elizabeth who was barren, empty---through the initiative of God---becomes full and bears a child. New life and new creation from what was once barren and empty.
And Mary. Everyone knows Mary. Some adore her. Most admire her or revere her. We have put Mary on a pedastal. I don't think Mary belongs "up there"---beyond our reach. For we are called to be Mary---to do exactly as she did. To live our lives and then when God calls to us, when God asks us to be his agents, we too are to say: "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word." We are to birth Christ into the world---to be a Theotokos, a God-bearer. Mary's story is our story. She is not out of reach, something more than we could ever be. Here in Luke 1, she is what we are to be.
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