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Our Lady of the Annunciation
The name of our school, Our Lady of The Annunciation, stands for the word announcement. On March 25th, Mary was living in the city of Nazareth, in Galilee. She was a young girl who was going to marry a carpenter named Joseph.
This was a special day for each of us, as well as for Mary. On this day, the Archangel Gabriel asked Mary if she was willing to be the Mother of Jesus. Mary, showing great courage and devotion, said yes to God, and in doing so, said yes to each of us, and our redemption from sin.
The biblical account of the Annunciation is in the first chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, which describes the news given to Mary that she was to become the mother of the Incarnation of God, records the "angelic salutation" of Gabriel to Mary, 'Hail, thou who art highly favored. The Lord is with thee." This is the origin of the repeated "Hail Mary" prayer of the Rosary); and Mary's response to God's will, "Let it be done to me according to thy word." Her exultant hymn, the Magnificat, found in Luke 1:46-55, has been part of the Church's liturgy of the hours, at Vespers (evening prayer), and has been repeated nightly in churches, convents and monasteries for many centuries.
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace The Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God Pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death. Amen |
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