![]() * ‘I am the handmaid of the Lord,’ said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me.’ And the angel left her. * Know this too: your kinswoman Elizabeth has, in her old age, herself conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God’ (Luke 1:36-37) And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. * ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you’ the angel answered ‘and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. * Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I am a virgin?’ (Luke 1:34) * Listen! You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. * The angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid you have won God’s favor (Luke 1:30) * She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, (Luke 1:29) * He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, so highly favored! The Lord is with you.’ (Luke 1:28) * To a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David and the virgin’s name was Mary. * In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, (Luke 1:26) ![]() The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Love does not come to an end (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)įor the entire Discerning Hearts Scriptural Rosary visit here Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love is always patient and kind it is never jealous love is never boastful or conceited it is never rude or selfish it does not take offense and is not resentful. When you seek me you shall find me, when you seek me with all your heart I will let you find me. Then when you call to me, and come to plead with me, I will listen to you. * I know the plans I have in mind for you – it is Yahweh who speaks – plans for peace, not disaster, reserving a future full of hope for you. The life I now live in this body I live in faith: faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for my sake. * I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me.
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