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style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Friends,
today’s Gospel tells of <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Mary’s visit to Elizabeth</b></span>. I’ve always been
fascinated by <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Mary’s "haste" </b></span>in this story of the Visitation. <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Upon
hearing the message of Gabriel concerning her own pregnancy and that of
her cousin, Mary "proceeded in haste into the hill country of Judah" to
see Elizabeth.</b></span></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Why
did she go with such speed and purpose? Because <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>she had found her
mission, her role in the theo-drama. </b></span>We are dominated today by the
ego-drama in all of its ramifications and implications. The ego-drama is
the play that I’m writing, I’m producing, I’m directing, and I’m
starring in. We see this
absolutely everywhere in our culture. Freedom of choice reigns supreme: I
become the person that I choose to be. </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The
theo-drama is the great story being told by God, the great play being
directed by God. </b><b>What makes life thrilling is to discover your role in
it</b></span>. This is precisely what has happened to <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Mary. </b></span>She has <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>found her
role—</b></span>indeed a climactic role—in the theo-drama, and <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>she wants to
conspire with Elizabeth, who has also discovered her role in the same
drama.</b></span> Like Mary, we have to find our place in God’s
story.</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br></div>
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