St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Luke 1:39-55, Advent 4, Year C: Homily Today is the beginning of our salvation; today the mystery hidden from all eternity is revealed. This happens when Gabriel proclaims the Good News to Mary, and when she, in turn, says, “Let it be!” When this happens, the eternal Son of God, the Word, becomes the Son of Man, the Word made flesh. The Prologue of John’s Gospel makes plain what Gabriel is doing in Luke. John takes us back to the first creation and tells us that the Son, the second person of the Trinity, the divine Word, is the agent of creation. Through him, all things were made. This is the One coming into the world. This is the One spoke the world into existence; and now, Gabriel is carrying out the same means. Gabriel speaks a divine Word and Mary responds with the same phrase, “Let it be, … according to your word.” Who is this woman? In this divine moment, Mary becomes the spouse of the Holy Spirit by her open posture, using the same words in the creation account in Genesis, let it be. As God the W