25 March 2020

ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD

Mary, you will conceive and bear a son.

FIRST READING 
(Isaiah 7.10-14; 8.10d)

10 The Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying,
11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God;
let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask,
and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
13 Then Isaiah said:
“Hear then, O house of David!
Is it too little for you to weary mortals,
that you weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
Look, the young woman is with child
and shall bear a son,
and shall name him Immanuel,”
10 for God is with us.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM 
(Psalm 40.6, 7-8, 9, 10) 

(R.7-8)
Response: Here am I, Lord; 
I come to do your will.

6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required. 

7 Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.” 

9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord. 

10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation. 

SECOND READING 
(Hebrews 10.4-10)

4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body you have prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book,
‘See, God, I have come to do your will, O God.’”
8 When he said,
“You have neither desired nor taken pleasure
in sacrifices and offerings
and burnt offerings and sin offerings”
(these are offered according to the law),
9 then he added,
“See, I have come to do your will.”
He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
10 And it is by God’s will
that we have been sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.

GOSPEL 
(Luke 1.26-38)

26 The angel Gabriel was sent by God
to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David.
The virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And he came to her and said,
“Greetings, favoured one!
The Lord is with you.”
29 But she was much perplexed by his words
and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favour with God.
31 And now, you will conceive and bear a son,
and you will name him 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 ancestor David.
33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
34 Mary said to the angel,
“How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel said to her,
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born of you will be holy;
he will be called Son of God.
36 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.
37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”
38 Then Mary said,
“Here am I, the servant of the Lord;
let it be with me according to your word.”
Then the angel departed from her