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Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, sometimes called Lady Day. It is the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary said yes to God’s plan for our salvation and the Word became flesh. ![]()
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Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
“Let it be to me according to your word.” – The Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast of the Annunciation![]()
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The Feast of the Annunciation commemorates the passage in Luke Chapter 1, where the Virgin Mary is visited by the Archangel Gabriel and told that she will conceive the Messiah by the Holy Spirit. This significant moment in salvation history is celebrated on March 25* due to its proximity to Passover. 1st century Jews believed that prophets would die on the date of their conception. Because Jesus was crucified after celebrating Passover, ancient Christians calculated his conception date by determining the date of Passover on the year of his death. Christmas, celebrated on December 25, falls exactly 9 months after the feast commemorating Jesus’ conception. Medieval Christians turned the Feast of the Annunciation into a celebration centered on the Virgin Mary, and referred to March 25 as “Lady Day.” In recent times, the Annunciation has been reoriented toward the core doctrine of the incarnation, and the status of Mary as the Theotokos, the Mother of God, who bore Jesus, the fully God and fully man Savior of the world.![]()
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Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his Cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.![]()
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