Mary's Fiat
Latin for "let it be done."
Mary's consent to become the Mother of God.
By accepting God's will, Mary's "yes" allowed the Son of God to become flesh.
The Annunciation
Ever-Virgin Mother
- Mary is the "spouse of the Holy Spirit."
The visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary to inform her she would be the Mother of the Savior.
- She retains her virginity through the conception and birth of her Son.
- She remains a virgin because the conception was the work of God.
The Expected Messiah
- Many thought the Messiah would be a political or military leader.
- He was going to liberate Israel from oppression.
Mary's Response
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word." - Lk 1:38
The Annunciation
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." - Jn 1:14
The beginning of the Incarnation
- Latin for "to become flesh."
- The mystery of the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in the one divine Person of the Word, Jesus Christ.
- "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"
- Mary had been chosen from all time to bear God Himself in her womb.
- She therefore had been conceived without any stain of Original Sin.
Immaculate Conception
- Mary was free from concupiscence.
- She was filled with grace to help her reject temptation to sin.
- Her sinlessness was a grace given through her Son's Paschal Mystery.
The Annunciation
- Name Jesus means in Hebrew, "God saves."
- "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, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." - Lk 1: 32-33