mary - what amazes me about her is that when the angel appears to her, she utterly trusts him and his message. she wasn't overcome with astonishment, she didn't freak-out. the scriptures suggest that she gracefully and deliberately surrendered to that which was completely other-worldly, and yet she knew this visitation was rooted in true reality.

she must've been living in that spiritual reality all along and one day, there was this incredible meeting of nature and super-nature. her response is beautiful - "be it done unto me according to thy will." what i wouldn't give for that kind of faith and trust in the one true God.