The Annunciation

  The Annunciation in Christianity is known as the event when the Archangel Gabriel, sent by God, informs the Virgin Mary of God's promise. The Catholic Church celebrates its liturgical feast (Spanish version) with the "Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord" every March 25th. They held a conversation where the angel greeted her by saying "Full of grace" (Spanish version); that is, he did not call her by her name, Mary, but gave her this title derived from a single Greek word that has no literal translation into Spanish or English. Therefore, we recommend visiting the following link as it holds great significance: Kecharitomene  - Full of grace (Spanish version). Then the angel informs her that she had been chosen to carry in her womb the only Son of God, also telling her that He shall be named Jesus; Mary, knowing the dangers this could bring, accepts God's will without hesitation. At that moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, she conceived in her womb the Son of God, the Baby Jesus. Exactly nine months later, every December 25th, we celebrate His birth, the true Christmas, the incarnation of the Son of God already among us as a human being without losing His divinity. This Solemn Feast is one of the central commemorations in the Christian religion, also known by other names to remember this glorious event, such as the "Feast of the Incarnation", "Conception of Christ", all to remember the beginning of the gestation of the Baby Jesus

  The narration of this glorious event is found in one of the Gospels of the New Testament (Spanish version) of the Bible (Spanish version), where Saint Luke (Spanish version) shows us that beautiful conversation between the young Virgin Mary (Spanish version) and the Archangel Gabriel, an angel (Spanish version) sent by God as His messenger.

  Gospel according to Saint Luke 1:26-38

  ²⁶ In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

  ²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

  ²⁸ And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you."

  ²⁹ But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.

  ³⁰ Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

  ³¹ Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.

  ³² 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 father,

  ³³ and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."

  ³⁴ But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?"

  ³⁵ And the angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

  ³⁶ And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;

  ³⁷ for nothing will be impossible for God."

  ³⁸ Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

  From the very beginning of Angel’s greeting to Mary, the depth of the conversation becomes apparent. The New Testament was first written in Koine Greek, and the phrase "full of grace" is the chosen translation for the Greek word "Kecharitomene". Due to language barriers, there is no single word or short phrase that can encompass the true meaning of that Greek word; therefore, we recommend visiting the link: Full of grace – Kejaritomene (Spanish version), where the meaning of this word is explained in greater depth. This greeting from the Angel also forms the beginning of the best-known prayer to our Blessed Virgin Mary, the "Hail Mary" (Spanish version). In addition to the angel informing Mary of how great the Baby Jesus, the Son of God, will be, he also notifies her that her cousin Saint Elizabeth—despite being a woman of advanced age and considered barren—is already in her sixth month of pregnancy, because for God, all things are possible. Although these announcements by the Archangel Gabriel might have seemed strange at first to a young virgin woman, Mary accepts everything the angel says, knowing the risks she would face. At that time, a woman conceiving a child out of wedlock risked being judged and even potentially sentenced to death. Mary risked everything, accepting with the certainty of being the bearer of a promise from God, giving that beautiful "Yes" and the strength of the "Be it done" by responding to the angel full of trust in God's promises: "I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word", which is known as the "Fiat of Mary" or "Fiat of the Virgin Mary" (the word "Fiat" in Latin means "Let it be done").

  Let us imitate the Faith in God of our Blessed Virgin Mary and learn to accept the Lord's will, not as a "let's see what happens" or simply "believing to see if it happens," but with full confidence in God—true Faith.

  Hebrews 11:1

  ¹ Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.

  By the time the Annunciation took place, social media did not exist, yet Mary became the most influential woman in history; she is "God's Influencer".

"Mary is the surest, shortest, and most perfect way to go to Jesus"

Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort

  This feast of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (Spanish version) usually occurs during the Season of Lent (Spanish version). However, since its beginning varies each year, this Solemnity might sometimes occur during the Easter Season (Spanish version). Within these seasons, if this celebration coincides with a major feast, it would be moved to the first free day following the celebration and it coincides with that year.

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