12.19.2020 Gospel Luke Chapter 1

God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee named Nazareth, to a young woman engaged to a man named Joseph of the house of David, and her name was Mary. The angel approached her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." Mary was taken back by this greeting and wondered what it might mean. The angel said, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. You will conceive, you will bear a Son, and that Son shall be Holy. That Son shall be the gift of God to His people"

And the angel went on to remind her that this Child will be called the Son of God. And she said," I don't know how that can happen, because I'm a virgin." And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the most high will overshadow you. And so the Child born to you will be the Son of God. And know this, that your kinswoman, Elizabeth, will also give birth to a son. And she, whom everyone thought was barren, Is now in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."

Mary said, "I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word." And with that the angel left her.