It was as if the human race were a little dark house, without light or air, locked and latched.  But one day a girl opened the door; and the little house was swept pure and sweet by the wind. Seas of light swept through it, and the light remained in it; and in that little house a Child was born and the Child was God.

Our Lady said yes for the human race. Each one of us must echo that yes for our own lives.

-Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God