SAYING 'YES' WITH MARY

"Because of this, addressing ourselves to her 'full of grace,' we pray that she will obtain for us also, from Divine Providence, the ability to say every day our 'yes' to God's plans with the same humble and sincere faith with which she pronounced hers.

"May she who, receiving in herself the Word of God, abandoned herself to him without reservations, lead us to a more generous and unconditional response to his plans, also when we are called to embrace the cross."

--Benedict XVI, 31 May 2011