<p class="title_brown">I Mystery</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">The annunciation of the Angel to the Virgin Mary</p>

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We contemplate the mystery of the <em>annunciation of the Angel to the Virgin Mary</em>, meditating on the Words from the Gospel according to Saint Luke</p>

<p class="quote">The Angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilea called Nazarene, to a virgin committed to a man called Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. When he entered her house, the angel told her: &laquo;Hail, oh full of grace, the Lord is with you&raquo;. When she heard these words, she got worried and wondered to herself what meant that greeting. The angel told her: &laquo;Mary, do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son and you will call him the name of Jesus&raquo;.<br />
[Lk1,30-33]</p>

<p class="normal_text">The message comes from heaven. A message expected for so many generations, suspended since the ancient times because of the human difficulty in accomplishing the plan of God. The patriarchs and the righteous, the virgins and the prophets sighed for that moment that, finally, was now on hold: the creature convoked again by the Creator. Through the emissary, came the good news: God wants to incarnate in human history. The role of Mary is almost unnoticed next to Gabriel who, with his hand raised, says he has the most precious of the messages: God will occupy the center of that history and Mary proclaims herself the servant to the point of becoming ever more conformed to God.<br />
In Fatima, we also received the good news, the announcement of the plan of God for the humanity. And it is Mary who shows herself as spokesperson of that alliance of God with Man. Virgin of Fatima, Lady of the Announcement, intercede for us next to Christ so that we may be messengers of the good news!</p>
