ANNUNCIATION Celebrating the Coming of our Messiah & The Greatness of Mary.
It was This Day that Christ Entered the World and Not Christmas.
ANNUNCIATION Painting (Mary Reading the Bible) Mary was reading the book of Isaiah 7:14 at the time - According to the Saints.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/stalbanspsalter/english/commentary/page019.shtml
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. Isaiah 7:14
O MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN, PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO YOU.
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After the ANNUNCIATION -Announcement of the Angel Gabriel, Mary was Filled with Great Joy, But Great Sufferings also Followed Mary
Mother Mary In Her Sufferings Continued to be the Servant of God, Mary Did Not QUESTIONED God or CHALLENGED God.
The Joyful Mysteries - ANNUNCIATION: Contemplate the Humility of May, Her Generous Conformity to God'd Will - Submission to God.
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The Infinite Goodness of God in Sending Us His Only-Begotten Son.
God, You did not destroy man after his fall, but in Your mercy You forgave him, You forgave in a divine way; that is, not only have You absolved him from guilt, but You have bestowed upon him every grace. Mercy has moved You to deign to descend among us and lift us up from our misery. God will descend to earth; the Immortal Lord of lords will abase Himself. But where will You descend, Lord; will it be to the temple of Solomon? Or will You have a new tabernacle built for Yourself? Where do You intend to come down? O Lord, what kind of tabernacle shall we prepare for You, (105) since the whole earth is Your footstool?
You have indeed prepared a tabernacle for Yourself: the Blessed Virgin. Her Immaculate Womb is Your dwelling place, and the inconceivable miracle of Your mercy takes place, O Lord. The Word becomes flesh; God dwells among us, the Word of God, Mercy Incarnate. By Your descent, You have lifted us up to Your divinity. Such is the excess of Your love, the abyss of Your mercy. Heaven is amazed at the superabundance of Your love. No one fears to approach You now. You are the God of mercy. You have compassion on misery. You are our God, and we are your people. You are our Father, and we are Your children by grace. Praise be to Your mercy, that You have deigned to descend among us.
Be adored, O God of mercy,
Because You have deigned to descend from heaven to earth.
Most humbly we adore You For Your having vouchsafed to exalt all mankind.
Unfathomable and incomprehensible in Your mercy,
For love of us You take on flesh
From the immaculate Virgin, ever untouched by sin,
Because You have willed it so from all ages.
The Blessed Virgin, that Snow-White Lily,
Is first to praise the omnipotence of Your mercy.
Her pure heart opens with love for the coming of the Word;
She believes the words of God‟s messenger and is confirmed in trust.
Heaven is astounded that God has become man,
That there is on earth a heart worthy of God Himself.
Why is it that You do not unite Yourself with a Seraph, but with a sinner, O Lord? Oh, because, despite the purity of the virginal womb,
this is a mystery of Your mercy.
O mystery of God‟s mercy, O God of compassion,
That You have deigned to leave the heavenly throne
And to stoop down to our misery, to human weakness,
For it is not the angels, but man who needs mercy.
To give worthy praise to the Lord‟s mercy,
We unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother,
For then our hymn will be more pleasing to You,
Because She is chosen from among men and angels.
Through Her, as through a pure crystal,
Your mercy was passed on to us.
Through Her, man became pleasing to God;
Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.
St. Faustina Diary.1745, 1746
You Came From Heaven To Earth, To Show The Way, From The Earth To The Cross, My Debt To Pay, From The Cross To The Grave, From The Grave To The Sky, Lord I Lift Your Name High.
Song: Lord I Lift Your Name High.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COQ6cni_TG8
The Infinite Goodness of God in Sending Us His Only-Begotten Son.
St. Faustina Diary.1745, 1746
Please Scroll Below To See Beautiful Images
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal leads the Annunciation Feast Day procession in Nazareth
Nazareth, Band of Scouts playing at the Greek Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation procession at Mary's Well Square by the Church of St. Gabriel.
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