Mary at the Crossroads of History

by Francis J. Hoffman

Adam and Eve our first parents had free will, and they used it to rebel against God. They could choose to do God's will, or they cold choose to be persuaded by the serpent. They chose the serpent - a choice that meant death and exile from Paradise. We can make that choice every day. Every day, we have to face the same God's way or the serpents? You and I are always at an inflection point in history, but only if we decide to act and do something about it. Filled with hope, we who are the children of God do act, because we are convinced that with God's grace everything can change for the better in an instant. But also every day, we could do what Adam and Eve did. We could decide that we want things our own way - which is Satan's way. But we don't have to do it that way. There's another model we could follow. Here words echo down through history and they change "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." That is the real inflection point in history. That is the point that divides everything into before and after. That is the moment when B.C. (before Christ) becomes A.D., anno Domini, in the Year of the Lord. And the rest of this book is all about how everything changed, and can still change, because one woman had the faith and the courage to say, "May it be done to me according to your word."

117 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020