Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
The willingness of Mary to open her life utterly to God is a model of our humanity as well as of our church and sacraments.
John J. Pilch
In Luke’s account of the annunciation, a presumably masculine angel visits Mary who seems to be quite alone. Very likely, she is in the innermost quarters of her family’s home, the proper place for an unmarried young woman.
If we are to deserve the gifts of the promised salvation, we must listen attentively to the account of its beginning.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
The exchange between David and the prophet Nathan deals with the future of the Israelite monarchy using a kind of pun.
Reginald H. Fuller
Annunciation stories are a regular literary form of Scripture. There are a number of such stories in the Old Testament.