Hail

Mother Teresa: In the Heart of the World

What Does the "Hail Mary" Mean?

When you look at the inner workings of electrical things, you often see small and big wires, new and old, cheap and expensive, all lined up. Until the current passes through them, there will be no light.

That wire is you and me. The current is God. We have the power to let the current pass through us, use us, produce the light of the world. Or we can refuse to be used and allow darkness to spread.

Our Lady was the most wonderful wire. She allowed God to fill her. By her surrender — "Be it done to me according to the word" — she became "full of grace." "Full of grace" means full of God. The moment she was filled by this current, by the grace of God, she went in haste to Elizabeth's house to connect the wire, John, to the current, Jesus. As His mother said, "This child, John, leaped up with joy at your voice."

Let us ask Our Lady to come into our lives also and make the current use us to go around the world — especially in our own communities — so that we can continue connecting the wires of the hearts of men and women with the current of love.

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