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The Annunciation

Mary’s ‘Yes’ to God and the Priest’s ‘Yes’ to God

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Not through our own merits but due to the will of God, in his loving and divine providence, we have been called to a most lofty and sublime vocation — that of the holy priesthood. As we pray in the psalm: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek” (Ps 110:4). If God Read More
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‘Be It Done to Me According to Thy Word’

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In his 1974 apostolic exhortation Marialis Cultus, Pope St. Paul VI describes the solemnity of the Annunciation as a joint feast of Christ and Mary because it commemorates the Incarnation of the Word of God and “the Blessed Virgin’s free consent and cooperation in the plan of redemption” (No. 6). Although Holy Thursday rightly celebrates Read More
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The Annunciation and the Priestly Call

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The Bible is famous for providing us with stories of faith that are filled with both intrigue and mystery. A classic example is the story of the annunciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel concerning the birth of Jesus. Because these stories were told over and over in the catechetical work of the early Church, Read More

The Annunciation to St. Joseph

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The Gospels do not contain a great deal of material about Joseph, the husband of Mary. The infancy narrative of Matthew provides most of what we have from the canonical Gospels (Mt 1:1—2:23). Some commentators are of the opinion that Joseph might have died after Jesus had reached his 12th year but before he began Read More