LET IT BE SO
Fiat is the decree of God as his heart cries out ‘let it be
so’.
The Latin word, fiat is originally used in the Book of Genesis when God creatively decrees 'let it bo so' and announces humanity into being. The Word is riddled with ‘fiat’ moments as patriarchs and matriarchs boldly cry out, ‘yes God, let it be so with me according to your word.’
Luke one thirty eight
Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be done with me according to your word.
Hidden in Mary’s fiat yes to the angel Gabriel’s decree of
the Christmas birth is the anguished cry of a mother. The travail of motherhood
cries out as Mary gives birth to the bittersweet seed of joy and agony. On
Christmas Day, a mother's cry echoes in the manger knowing that her nativity
joy will one day lay down his life for us.
John sixteen twenty
one
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but
when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child
is born into the world.
A military mother deeply understands the agony of Mary as
her son decrees his call to the military. It is her fiat motherhood moment as
her heart cries out to God knowing her son is willing to lay down his life for
his fellow Canadians.
As we celebrate the Christmas birth of God’s son, please
take a moment to remember the military mothers and fathers whose hearts cry out
for their sons and daughters who have laid down their lives for us so that we
can live in this great country.
John fifteen thirteen
Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for
his friends.
In honour of Corporal Justin Matthew Stark
In honour of Corporal Justin Matthew Stark