Over at Seeds of Faith today!

 ²⁶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 

²⁸ And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 

²⁹ But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 

³⁰ And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 

³¹ And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 

³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 

³³ and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

 ³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

 ³⁵ And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy— the Son of God. 

³⁶ And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 

³⁷ For nothing will be impossible with God.” 

³⁸ And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.