This is a special day!

Today is a special day on the liturgical calendar. It is the Feast of the Annunciation. What we celebrate today is also what we pray about and reflect on in the first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. Read Luke 1:26-35. An angel from the very throne of God came to a special young woman. As you read these verses, imagine what it was like for her to have the full attention of God and all the heavenly court! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have God’s full attention? How much attention do we give to God on a daily basis?

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women...

                    Luke 1:26-28ff  Douay-Rheims

How special is Mary? An angel from the very throne of God greeted her with “Hail, full of grace . . .” The other place Sacred Scripture mentions this title is in regard to Jesus in the Gospel of John.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

                                    John 1:14  Douay-Rheims

What a special privilege Mary is given! She is the mother of Jesus. The mother of our Savior! All generations will call her blessed!

Ave Maria!

Praise be Jesus Christ!

All Bible quotes from the Douay-Rheims version retrieved from http://www.drbo.org/