What if she had said "No"? (and the true honour and priviledge in life

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Solemnity of The Annunciation (no actual author is given)
“What if she had said No”
The question may strike you as irreverent. How dare I suggest that the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, Co-Redemptrix of mankind, could have left us in the lurch like that?
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As I read this article, something came home to me in a new way. Very often it is not when God asks something that will bring us honour and and sense of being priviledged and special that is the real honour and priviledge God can bestow…rather it is when for His sake and the sake of The Kingdom we are asked to embrace the cross and suffering and without anyone else, not one single person, humanly understanding nor appreciating.
 
Than God would chosen another woman. However, He knew from eternity that Mary would say Yes, so He sent His angel to her.
 
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Than God would chosen another woman. However, He knew from eternity that Mary would say Yes, so He sent His angel to her.
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Rather, God knew from all eternity that when He sent His angel to Mary that she would not refuse Him:)
Had Mary said “No” undoubtedly the Plan of the Merciful God of History and The Old Testament and His Promises would have not remained unfulfilled, but to read the article is enlightening on this point.
 
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