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The Annunciation: A Child will be Born

adapted from Luke 1:26-38 for young children 3+

In the city of Nazareth, in Galilee, there lived a young woman named Mary. Mary was soon to marry a carpenter named Joseph.

One day Gabriel, an angel, visited Mary and said: "Greetings, most favored one, and do not be afraid. God has chosen you among all women. Very soon you will have a baby, you must call him Jesus."

This would be a very special baby. He would be great, and his kingdom would last forever and ever. He told her that the child would be called the Son of God.

Mary bowed before the angel Gabriel and told him she would be obedient to God and that she wanted to do as God wished. When she got up the angel had gone.

Vocabulary:

Annunciation:  in the New Testament, the announcement to Mary by the angel Gabriel that she would be the mother of Jesus (see Luke 1:26-38). The Feast of the Annunciation is observed on March 25. The scene between Gabriel and Mary has often been depicted in paintings, notably by the Italian masters Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Giambattista Pittoni.