Imagine how scary it would be, not only to meet an angel, but to have him tell you that God was going to make a baby with you, the baby would be the Messiah and you are engaged to Joseph but unmarried. Mary just trusted Him and said okay.
When we have our Night in Bethlehem event at our church we ask our teen girls for one of them to play Mary. Always have lots of volunteers. What impresses me is that these very modern girls really enjoy entering the role of a young humble Mary. There is this unspoken respect that they bring out of themselves almost as if Mary’s simple “Yes” is echoed 2000 years later in these young ladies. It is a little Christmas miracle that I get to enjoy each time I see it.
Wow! What a sacred mystery!