Wednesday 8 December 2021 – Solemnity of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

From the Gospel according to Luke (1: 26-38)

At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin, betrothed to a man of the house of David, named Joseph. The virgin was called Mary. Entering her, he said: “Rejoice, full of grace: the Lord is with you.”
At these words she was very upset and she wondered what sense she had a greeting like this. The angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found grace with God. And behold, you will conceive a son, you will give birth to him and you will call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom will have no end. ”
Then Mary said to the angel: “How will this happen, since I don’t know a man?”. She answered the angel: “The Holy Spirit will descend on you and the power of the Most High will cover you with his shadow. Therefore he who will be born will be holy and will be called Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, in her old age she too conceived a son and this is the sixth month for her, who was called barren: nothing is impossible for God. “.
Then Mary said: “Behold the servant of the Lord: she happens to me according to your word.” And the angel moved away from her.

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