December 8 is the 2nd Sunday of Advent
Luke 1: 26-38
Luke 1: 26-38
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God
sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She
was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. 28 Gabriel appeared to her and
said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!”
Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what
the angel could mean. “Don’t
be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give
birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!”
Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I
am a virgin.”
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon
you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born
will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant
in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son
and is now in her sixth month. For
nothing is impossible with God.”
Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May
everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.
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