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AT the Annunciation, Heaven awaited in suspense the decision of Mary, a maid in her teens. No pressure was brought to bear upon her, for the decision had to be hers alone, made freely and willingly. It was not a decision made in the dark, for the Holy Spirit lifted the veil of the future and showed her the terrible cost of her consent. In that mysterious moment, when Mary the Virgin pronounced her all-powerful “Fiat” – ‘Be it done unto me’, in that moment she saw the whole series of events that were to happen during the entire human life of the Son she would conceive and give birth to. She knew that the Son of her womb would not come into the world for the pomp of royalty but for the shame of the Cross. At that moment of the Angel’s appearance, Mary knew that the Mother of the Man of Sorrows must be the woman of dolours. Her “Fiat mihi” Be it done unto me according to your word, was her acceptance of a life of sorrow. The Seven Dolour Rosary: Meditations by John T. McMahon
