...hour when she gave utterance in the presence of Gabriel to her heart's intensest feelings : Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word — for she evidently knows no will but that of the Most High. The thought of the reward of Mary's...

...body of the Son of God; he only left her after being assured of her consent. " Behold," said she, " the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word." At that instant the mystery of the Incarnation took place. The Son of God was made man in the chaste...

...is called barren : 37. Because "no word shall be impossible with God. 38. And Mary said : 7 Behold the handmaid of the Lord : be it done to me according to thy word. And the Angel "departed from her. We wish the limits which we have arranged could expand, in order...

...could have done it, because she alone had been created and fitted for this end. She said, " Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it done to me according to Thy word ; " and in lowly love and perfect stillness she received the coming of God. Son of Mary, conceived...

...evidence that no word is impossible with God, then, but not till then, does she give her consent. "Behold the handmaid of the Lord : be it done to me according to thy word." There was then a moment when the salvation of the world depended on the consent of Mary. Man could...

...evidence that no word is impossible with God, then, but not till then, does she give her consent. "Behold the' handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy ward." There was then a moment when the salvation of the world depended on the consent of Mary. Man...

...the redemption of man, received the drink of her consent, in this truly admirable reply : ' Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word.' The archangel gave her spiritual ear-rings, when he whispered in her ears the sweet words of his message...

...respond: "The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary that she would become the mother of God. . . . Behold the handmaid of the Lord, Be it done to me according to thy word. . . . And the Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us." Like the muezzin's call to prayer, this is...

...I0:I6]. "For our sake Christ became obedient unto death, even death on a cross" [Phil 2:8]. "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word" [Lk I:38]. "Jesus went down to Nazareth with his parents and was subject to them" [Lk 2:5I]....

...in thoughts about herself, her opinions, the results of her actions. Her whole attitude is 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word' - not mine. Mary is able to respond to the needs of the moment because she is not clinging...