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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although she was just a humble youngwoman from a small town, Mary's total "yes" to God was "the mostimportant 'yes' of history" and overturned Adam and Eve's prideful"no," which unleashed sin into the world, Pope Francis said."With generosity and trust like Mary, may each of ussay this personal 'yes' to God today," Pope Francis prayed Dec. 8 as herecited the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square on the feast ofthe Immaculate Conception.Even when they do not say "no" to God, humanbeings can be experts in saying, "yes, but ..." to God, the popesaid."To avoid saying 'no' outright to God, we say, 'Sorry,but I can't,' 'Not today, but maybe tomorrow,' 'Tomorrow I will be better,tomorrow I will pray, I'll do good tomorrow,'" he said. But in respondingthat way, "we close the door to what is good and evil profits."Nevertheless, Pope Francis said, God keeps trying to reachout and save us. And through the "yes" of Mary, h...
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday encouraged Christians to give their “Yes” to God, which allows the Lord to create for us a “new story,” as opposed to sin, which makes us “old inside.”The Holy Father was speaking to a crowd of pilgrims in St. Peter's Square before the Angelus on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.Pope Francis reflected on two of the readings from the feast’s liturgy: The Fall of Adam and Eve [Gn 3:9-15, 20], and the Annunciation [Lk 1:26-38].“The readings of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary are two crucial passages in the history of the relationship between man and God: We might say they lead us to the origins of good and evil,” Pope Francis said.The Holy Father said the Book of Genesis shows us the origins of sin, the first 'no' to God, when “man preferred to look at himself, not his Creator…and in doing so comes out of communi...
