The Annunciation
1. Luke 1: 26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by
God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her,
‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She
was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this
greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary,
do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You
are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him
Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor
David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and
his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel,
‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The
angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power
of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child
will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell
you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has
conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her
sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary
said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to
me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.
2. Mary was sinless.
3. Mary is the perfect
handmaid of the Lord.
4. The Angel Gabriel
appeared to Mary.
5. Mary loved the will of
God.
6. Mary became the Mother
of Jesus.
7. Mary said “yes”.
8. Mary loved God so much.
9. Mary is our Mother.
10. Mary loves us so much.
The Visitation
1. Luke 1: 39-56
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as
she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into
Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as
soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her
womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a
loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a
visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting
reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is
she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be
fulfilled.’ Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made
her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit
rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the
lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his
faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
Mary stayed with her some three months and then
went home.
2. Mary said My soul doth
magnify the Lord.
3. Mary is the Spouse of
the Holy Spirit.
4. Mary said and my spirit
rejoices in God my Savior.
5. The babe in Elizabeth
womb leapt for joy at the sight of Mary, and Jesus in Mary's womb.
6. John the Baptist was
born from Elizabeth.
7. John the Baptist
prepared the way for Jesus.
8. Elizabeth was thought
to be barren.
9. God can test us and
then bring great fruit when we are faithful to Him.
10. Sing: Holy is His
Name
The Birth of Jesus
1. Luke 2:1-7
Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus
issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited
world. This census—the first—took place while
Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be
registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from
the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called
Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in
order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was
with child. Now it happened that, while they were there,
the time came for her to have her child, and she gave
birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling
clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them
in the living–space.
2. There was no room for
Jesus in the Inn.
3. Is there room for Jesus
in our heart?
4. Jesus is our Savior.
5. Sing: A Song from
Jesus
6. Jesus loves us so much,
He came a tiny baby.
7. Jesus was born in a
stable.
8. Jesus loves us so much.
9. Jesus wants us
eternally in heaven with Him.
10. Sing: Silent Night
The Presentation
1. Luke 2: 25-34
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He
was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration
of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to
him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set
eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to
the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do
for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed
God; and he said:
Now, Master, you are letting
your servant go in peace
as you promised;
for my eyes have seen the salvation
which you have made ready
in the sight of the
nations;
a light of revelation for the gentiles
and glory for your people Israel.
As the child’s father and mother were wondering
at the things that were being said about him, Simeon
blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined
for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a
sign that is opposed—
2. Simeon told Mary and
Jesus of sufferings to come.
3. Simeon told Mary - a
sword would pierce her heart.
4. Mary's Heart was
invisibly pierced with a sword.
5. Sing: Little Baby
Hands and Feet
6. Sing: See the Eyes
that Look at Mary
7. Mary suffered.
8. Mary is so one with
Jesus.
9. Mary can place us in
Jesus’ Heart
10.
The Finding in the
temple
1. Luke 2: 41-52
Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for
the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went
up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and
they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without
his parents knowing it. They assumed he was somewhere in the party,
and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for
him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to
find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
It happened that, three days
later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers,
listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who
heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They
were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My
child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and
I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking
for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’
But they did not understand what he meant. He went down with them
then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His
mother stored up all these things in her heart. And
Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and
with people.
2. Jesus was talking to
doctors in the temple.
3. Mary's
Message - from the Rosary of August 27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
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