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Luke 1:26-31

Birth of Jesus Foretold

 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Just like that-

A young woman's life

thrown into chaos

to accommodate

the advent

of God in the flesh.

Her willingness

to mother

the Son of God

fulfilled the hopes

and dreams

of nations.

To say yes

to something

so momentous 

and inconceivable

took courage

beyond her years.

A courage called upon

again and again

as she watched the child she bore

endure things

no mother of any child

should ever have to witness.

Mary - mother of God