“Lord, let happen whatever You will; and as You will, so will I walk, help me only to know Your will! Lord, whenever You will, then is the time, today and always, Lord, whatever You will, I wish to accept, and whatever You will for me is gain, enough that I belong to You. Lord, because You will it, it is right, and because You will it, I have courage. My heart rests safely in Your hands!” Blessed Rupert Mayer (1876-1945)

This is the attitude of a true and faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. Do we not pray in the Our Father, “Thy will be done”? To pray it is also to live it in our daily life. Jesus said. “Not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42) Mary gave and lived her “fiat”. Jesus held up the measure of a disciple to be doing the will of the Father.  Only one who has truly fallen in love with the person of Jesus Christ and through him with the Father and the Spirit can live this commitment. Love is the only thing that makes doing the will of God possible. Once this love is the foundation of one’s life, then nothing else matters.