By Derek Rotty, Catholic Exchange - The first moment we encounter Mary in the Gospel is when she is visited by the archangel, Gabriel, in Nazareth, where he announced that she would conceive and bear the Incarnate Son of God to the world. Ultimately, her response was, “Behold I am the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word” (Lk. 1:26-38). This is known as her fiat, Latin for “let it be.”... This spoken word is the best known fiat of her life, as very few of Mary’s words are recorded in the Gospels.