"How is it possible? I don't know man "(Luke 1,26-38)
Biblical reflections by Mauro Leonardi*, priest and writer
To the disbelief of Tommaso who wants to touch Christ's plagues to believe, is to counter the assignment of Mary who relies on the words of the angel and places her life in the name of the service to the Lord so that through her, the work of God who until then had been invisible and expected work, became visible flesh in Jesus Christ.
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From the Gospel according to Luke 1.26-38
At that time, the angel Gabriele was sent by God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth,
To a Virgin, promised bride of a man from Davide's house, called Giuseppe. The Virgin was called Maria. Entering her, he said, "I greet you, or full of grace, the Lord is with you." To these words she was troubled and wondered what a greeting made sense. The angel said to her, "Do not fear, Mary, because you found grace with God. Here you will conceive a Son, you will give it to light and you will call him Jesus. It will be great and called the Son of the Most High; The Lord God will give him the throne of David his Father and reign forever on the house of Jacob and his kingdom will end ». Then Maria said to the angel: «How is it possible? I don't know man ».
The angel replied: «The Holy Spirit will go down to you, the power of the Most High will spread its shadow. The one who will be born will therefore be holy and called the Son of God. See: Even Elizabeth, your relative, in his old age, conceived a son and this is the sixth month for her, that everyone said sterile: nothing is impossible for God ». Then Maria said, "Here I am, I'm the servant of the Lord, what you said happen to me." And the angel left her.
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* Mauro Leonardi (Como 1959) has been a priest since 29 May 1988 and has been inhabited in Rome since then. He spends many hours of his day to make the priest and prefers to build bridges rather than raising walls. For years he has been writing stories, articles, essays and books that revolve around the relationship between man and God. Author of the blog like Jesus. Abelis (Lindau) is his latest novel. The volunteers of the Gionata project thank him for sharing these reflections on the word with us.
