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lemonrock 68M
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6/26/2006 2:42 am

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6/26/2006 2:44 am
THE ANNOUNCIATION OF THE LORD
THE ANNOUNCIATION OF THE LORD

I. True God and true man.

But the fullness of time came, God sent his , born of a woman.

As the greatest proof of his love for us, God had his only becomes man to save us from our sins. In this way Jesus merited for us the dignity of becoming of God. His arrival signalled the fullness of time. Saint Paul puts it quite literally that Jesus was born of a woman. Jesus did not come to earth as a spirit. He truly became man, like one of us. He received his human nature from Our Lady’s immaculate womb. Today’s feast, therefore a really honour of Jesus and Mary. This is why Fr. Luis de Granada has pointed out; It is reaaonable to consider, first and foremost, the purity and sanctity of the Woman whom god chose ‘ab aetemo’ to give from his humanity.

When God decided to create the first man, he first took care to create a fitting environment for him, which was the Garden of Eden. It makes sense, then, that when God made ready to send his , the Christ, he likewise prepared for him a worthy environment, namely, the body and soul of the Blessed Virgin.

As we consider the significance of this Solemnity, we find Jesus very closely united to Mary. When the blessed Virgin said Yes, freely, to the plans revealed to her by the Creator, the divine Word assumed a human nature: a national soul and a body, which was formed in the most pure womb of Mary. The divine nature and the human were united in a single person: Jesus Christ, true God and, thenceforth, true Man; the only-begotten and eternal of the Father and, from the moment on, as Man, the true of Mary. This is why our Lady is the Mother of the Incarnate Word, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity who has united our human nature to himself for ever, without any confusion of the two natures. The greatest praise we can give to the Blessed Virgin is to address her loud and clear by the name that express her very highest dignity; Mother of God. How many times have we repeated those sweet words: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners…! How many times have we meditated upon this, the first Joyful Mystery of the Holy Rosary!

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