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GOP Gospel: The Annunciation
Feb. 22nd, 2021 10:05 amDay 5 of my Lent project. For background, please read this.
A week of Christmas readings starting today, because if we're asking What Would Republican Jesus Do, it sure isn't 'be born to an unmarried teenage mum in a garage and then seek asylum in a foreign country'!
A reading from the Gospel according to the GOP:
( Luke 1:26-38 )
( A word from me... )
A week of Christmas readings starting today, because if we're asking What Would Republican Jesus Do, it sure isn't 'be born to an unmarried teenage mum in a garage and then seek asylum in a foreign country'!
A reading from the Gospel according to the GOP:
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. You will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will exalt him above other men. He will do everything right, and so will never die, and of his authority there will be no end." Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" The angel said to her, "God has made clear through the Law and the Prophets that for a woman to conceive out of wedlock is abhorrent, and God would not go against his own word. Therefore, after your marriage to Joseph has come to pass, the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Thus the child to be born will carry no shame, and will be holy; he will be the son of Joseph under the law, but will be called the Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren, but who has been released to achieve her highest calling. For nothing will be impossible with God." Then Mary said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word. My soul delights that I have kept myself pure, to be a pleasing vessel for the Lord." Then the angel departed from her.
( Luke 1:26-38 )
( A word from me... )
