Let It Be Done Unto Me According to Your Word

In (Luke 1:39-45) Mary yields to the will of God and serves as as an eternal model for us. In Her words "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word," 

Mary's example reminds us that we too share in the birth of Christ. The Word speaks to us when we open our hearts and listen; when we let go of all our worldly distractions and surrender to God's will. He speaks through our senses, in words,  sounds, and often a palpable presence within us...a mere feeling. When we are open to His will we participate with Mary in his birth in us...as the Word becomes our flesh, and we  and become bearers of his light and celebrate the birth of love in the world. 

Let it be done unto me according to your word.  Let the Word that was in the beginning with God become flesh from my flesh. Let the Word, I pray, be to me, not as a word merely spoken, only to pass away, but conceived in flesh, and remain with us forever. 

Let him be, not only to be heard with our ears, but to be seen with our eyes, felt with our hands, borne on our shoulders and cradled in our arms. Let the Word be to me, not as a word written and silent, but vibrant and alive in me. Words that are not just traced with dead signs upon dead parchment but livingly impressed in human form upon my chaste womb; not by the tracing of a pen of lifeless reed, but by the work of the Holy Spirit. (Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) In Defense of Humility, Watch for the Light, p38)