HR Annunciation
First Reading Isaiah 7: 10-14; 8: 10
God told King Ahaz, "Ask a sign of the Lord thy God, whether it was something from the world of the dead is at the bottom, who knows something of the highest point of the above." But Ahaz said, "I will not ask! I will not tempt the Lord!" Then said the prophet Isaiah, "All right! Listen, O house of David! Was not it enough you tiring of people, so you're exhausting my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a young woman with child and will give birth to a son male, and she will call his name Immanuel, which means God with us. "
Thus saith the Lord.
Psalm Ps 40: 7-8a.8b-9:10:11
God, I'm coming to do Your will.
* Sacrifice and offering no want of, but you have opened my ears; burnt offerings and sacrifices demanded reparation thee not, then I say, "Look, Lord, here I come!"
* In the roll of the book it is written of me: "I'm glad to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart."
* I preach justice in the middle of a large congregation, do not I restrained my lips clenched; You know, O Lord.
* Your justice is not hid in my heart, faithfulness and thy salvation manifest, love and Your truth is not I leave it, but I preached to a large congregation.
Second Reading Hebrews 10: 4-10
Brethren, could not have the blood of bulls or the goats
take away sins. Therefore when Christ entered into the world, he said,
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire. Instead body you have prepared for me. To the burnt offerings and sin offerings thou not acceptable. Behold, I come to do thy will, O God." So at first he said, "You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you are not pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings - though offered according to the law -."
And then he said, "Look, I have come to do thy will."
So first he has to enforce the second abolish. And because of his will we have been sanctified once for all time
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ.
Thus saith the Lord.
Introduction to the Gospel of John 1: 14ab
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory.
Gospel reading Luke 1: 26-38
In the sixth month God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; The virgin's name was Mary.
When entering into the house of Mary, the angel said, "Hail, thou blessed, God is with you." Maria was surprised to hear the word, then asked in his heart, what is meant. The angel said to him,
"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have come to the grace of God.
Look, you will conceive and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great
and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of David, his ancestor. He will be king over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will never end. "Mary said to the angel," How shall this be, since I am a virgin? "The angel answered," The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee;
Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
And behold, Elizabeth,, he also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. Because for God nothing is impossible. "Then Mary said,
"I am the Lord's servant happened to me according to your word." Then the angel left him.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.
Devotional.
The feast of the gospel is to be a light amid the human situation which lost hope of salvation for Adam's sin and a series of subsequent sin. Hope and safety have become blurred. It is the mystery of God's work, but this mystery, can not be separated from the human side and the struggle of Mary. Angel refers to Mary as a person who endowed and with God. God gave the gift and with Mary (Lk 1:28). This presupposes Maria has good personal qualities, as a daughter of Israel. It could be Mary live in obedience and maintain quality of life.
Humility of Mary made do not become arrogant personal, Although he was pleasing in God's sight, but he was not overbearing. Even Maria is precisely the fear of God, therefore angels asserts "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have come before God's grace. (V 30). Humility and our closeness to God, should not make us not fall into spiritual pride, is also not free us from the fear and confusion .. Therefore, it is clear that in any situation builds humility is an important basic properties.
Maria suffered misunderstanding he said, "how could this happen, since I am a virgin? (V 34). It is the question of faith we often face when human logic we feel, in contrast to the will of God.
Question even defensiveness often we do to resist the will of God. Maria does not follow purely the desire and will. He asked not for going against the will of God. It is a form of struggle and affirmation of the faith of Mary.
At the end of the struggle of faith, she surrendered to the will of God, "I am the servant of God, be with me according to according to Thy word is" (v 38), Maria dare to turn over all his will in the will of God, though not yet know what the dynamics of travel faith. Courage Maria in the form of surrendering to God's will be glad tidings of salvation.
Courage we surrender to God's will of course also brought salvation for ourselves and others.
Prayer.
My God, form the heart of my heart that resembles the Virgin Mary is able to accept the problem of life in faith, Amen.
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