Why God Chose Mary and not Others

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Lenten Season : Lenten Season :  Fifth Week :  Wednesday*

*Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord*

*Gospel :  Luke 1:26-38*

*First Reading : Is 7: 10-14; 8:10*

*Responsorial Psalm : 40: 7-11*

*Second Reading : Hebrews 10:4-10*

*Why God Chose Mary and not Others*

*1) Not Random Choice, but Prepared Grace*

God does not choose arbitrarily. His choice of Mary is both gift and preparation.

The angel greets her: “Hail, full of grace.” Mary is not simply good—she is graced in a unique way.

The Church understands this through the mystery of the Immaculate Conception: She is completely open to God. Not hindered by sin. Interiorly free to respond fully

God chooses a heart that is already capable of total welcome.

*2) Her Uniqueness: Interior Availability*

Many people in Israel were holy. Many prayed. Many waited for the Messiah.

But Mary stands apart in one essential way: She is completely available to God.

She does not say: “Let me think about my plans first” “What will people say?” “How will this affect my future?”

Instead, she says: “Let it be done to me according to your word.”

Her uniqueness is not status—but surrender.

*3) The Courage to Trust the Impossible*

Mary’s situation is humanly impossible: She is a virgin. She faces misunderstanding, even rejection. Her future becomes uncertain

Yet she trusts. This echoes the faith of Abraham, who believed against hope.

Mary’s greatness is not that she understood everything, but that she trusted beyond understanding.

*4) God Chooses the Humble, Not the Powerful* 

God did not choose: a queen, a scholar, a person of influence

He chose a young woman from Nazareth—a place of no importance.

This reveals a pattern in God’s way of acting:  God looks not at power, but at openness.

As St. Augustine would echo: God is close to the humble because they make space for Him.

*5) Three Ways to Imitate Mary* 

*A) Be attentive* : Mary listens before she responds.

*B) Be trusting* : She accepts what she cannot fully understand.

*C) Be available* : She allows God to disrupt her plans.

*6) Closing Thought* 

“God did not choose Mary because she had everything. He chose her because she held nothing back.

And even today, God is still searching— not for perfection, but for a heart that says, ‘Let it be done.’”

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*