Recovering the Fiat

Divine Appeal Reflection - 267

Today, consider in Divine Appeal 267: "Pray for My Apostle of the last days for he has to fight the ancient enemy of mankind with the weapons of Faith and unity to counteract on the cry of the Red Lucifer. But to serve My Eternal Father, he has to make others repeat and repeat: 'MAY IT BE DONE IN ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD' ".

The Fiat — “May it be done in me according to Your word” (cf. Lk 1:38; CCC 494) — is heaven’s seal upon earth, the decisive yes that overturns the rebellion of Eden. It is not only Mary’s response but the golden thread through salvation history: Abraham leaving his homeland (cf. Heb 11:8), Peter abandoning his nets (cf. Mt 4:20), Paul falling blinded yet rising as an apostle (cf. Acts 9:6). The yes of man to God is the fracture healed, the gulf bridged, the will of earth bowed into harmony with heaven. Even Christ Himself, in Gethsemane, whispered the eternal Fiat — “Not My will but Yours be done” (cf. Lk 22:42), making obedience the weapon that disarms sin (cf. CCC 2825). Our Adorable Jesus shows that victory is not grasped by power but yielded through surrender. Without this consent, faith withers into opinion and unity disintegrates into self-interest. According to Matthew 21:28–31, authentic sonship shines not in lips that promise but in hearts that obey. The fiat, then, is no passing phrase but the summit of discipleship—a blazing yes sealed in fidelity, carved in sacrifice, and radiant with love stronger than death itself.

The Fiat in the family is the living covenant through which divine unity becomes flesh. Spouses echo Mary’s assent when they daily embrace fidelity, mirroring Christ’s parable of the house built on rock that withstands storm and flood (cf. Mt 7:24–25). Joseph gave his Fiat in silence when he obeyed the angel, receiving Mary and protecting the Child (cf. Mt 1:24; CCC 532). Ruth’s pledge to Naomi (cf. Ruth 1:16–17) prefigures the covenantal yes that binds family in God’s plan. Yet how many households now abandon this Fiat through divorce, unfaithfulness, and pride? The domestic church is torn when self-will replaces sacrifice, when children cast aside reverence (cf. Eph 6:1–3), and when familiarity with grace erodes awe. Still, the parable of the prodigal son (cf. Lk 15:11–24) assures that the Father’s mercy restores the broken yes, clothing repentant hearts in new garments of fidelity. Families recover Fiat not in grand gestures but in hidden obediences: a father’s quiet prayer before labor, a mother’s endurance of suffering, a child’s act of honor. In these secret offerings, our Adorable Jesus builds new Nazareths where His light dwells, making every home a cradle of divine unity and a fortress against the culture of self.

For priests and consecrated souls, the Fiat is not optional but the very altar upon which their existence rests. Samuel’s cry, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening” (cf. 1 Sam 3:9), resounds in every vocation entrusted with proclaiming God’s Word. Peter gave his Fiat at the lake (cf. Mt 4:19–20), faltered in denial, yet was restored by Christ’s thrice-asked question of love (cf. Jn 21:15–17), showing that surrender is refined through trial. Consecrated life is the parable of the hidden treasure (cf. Mt 13:44), selling all for the pearl of infinite worth. But today, worldliness, scandal, and routine threaten to erode this sacred yes. Priests risk treating Calvary as mere ritual rather than eternal sacrifice (cf. CCC 1367). Religious risk exchanging their first love for comfort. Yet the path of recovery is the same: kneeling again before the tabernacle, confessing weakness, embracing humility. Paul declared, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (cf. Gal 2:20) — the perfect Fiat of priestly identity. In our Adorable Jesus, the hidden fidelity of consecrated souls silently sustains the Church, their daily yes a shield against the gates of hell and a fountain of unseen grace for all mankind.

The Fiat among youth and laity is tested in the furnace of modern noise, where pleasure, distraction, and false freedoms cry louder than truth. The rich young man departed in sorrow, bound by what he could not surrender (cf. Mt 19:22), while Matthew, at a single call, rose in freedom (cf. Mt 9:9). Two destinies: one chained, one released. The sower’s warning resounds (cf. Mt 13:22), as vices and corruptions still suffocate souls. Yet holiness breaks forth in the smallest offerings—the widow’s two coins, Andrew’s humble witness—hidden seeds whose silent fruit reaches into eternity. Today, youth say Fiat in chastity, integrity, and courage against peer pressure. Lay faithful consent in workplaces when they uphold justice, in families when they forgive, in society when they resist deception. Each yes, though hidden, is an act of eternal weight. In our Adorable Jesus, the Fiat transfigures ordinary lives into altars, making students prophets, workers missionaries, parents silent martyrs of fidelity. This is the unity that counters division: millions of surrendered wills forming one voice of consent before the Father, echoing Mary’s everlasting yes.

The abandonment of the Fiat is the silent tragedy of our age. Familiarity breeds contempt: Christ dismissed in Nazareth as mere carpenter (cf. Mk 6:3–6), the Bridegroom neglected by the foolish virgins who slumbered without oil (cf. Mt 25:1–13). Even Apostles faltered: Peter denied, Thomas doubted, yet both were restored through mercy. So too today, countless souls exchange surrender for indifference, prayer for distraction, sacrament for habit. But recovery begins in awe. Repentance (cf. CCC 1428), the sacramental encounter, and deliberate acts of faith reignite the flame. A worker offering honest labor, a mother bearing silent pain, a youth choosing purity — these are fiats as radiant as Abraham’s, as decisive as Paul’s. The Spirit rekindles the remembrance that every Eucharist is Calvary (cf. CCC 1367), every prayer a covenant with the living God (cf. CCC 2568). In our Adorable Jesus, the abandoned Fiat rises from ashes, becoming fire. It burns away pride, binds divided hearts, and silences the cry of Lucifer. This yes — small, hidden, faithful — is the cry of unity, the anthem of eternity, and the weapon by which heaven conquers earth.

Prayer

Our Adorable Jesus, Eternal Fiat of the Father, awaken in us the courage to say with Mary, with Abraham, with every saint: “Let it be done.” Heal families torn by pride, rekindle priests with awe, strengthen youth against deception, and anchor the Church in fidelity. May every soul echo Your eternal yes. Amen.

Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist, intercede for us.