Life of Christ #1: Annunciation – Incarnation

Lesson

Annunciation by Domenico Beccafumi, 1545-1546

“And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35-36).

Co-Redemptrix

<> As recorded in the Gospel, the Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary: “And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: Because no word shall be impossible with God” (Luke 1:35-37). By this address to Mary, the Archangel showed Mary the sign that nothing is impossible with God as has been shown through Elizabeth’s conception of a child, but this also occurred in the Old Testament with Abraham’s wife Sarah, who conceived Isaac in old age because of the power of God. As scripture attests, “All things are possible through Him who strengthen me”

And Mary replied with insurmountab...