The Annunciation
The Annunciation was the premier feast of the incarnation in the
early history of the church. Because of
it, the modern premier feast of the incarnation, Christmas received its
date. More than likely, the feast of
the Annunciation came to be celebrated on this date because Yeshua died on this
date, and Messiah must have been conceived on the same day as his death, as
Moshe died on the same day he was born.
This is the day when we celebrate Yeshua’s coming into the
world. He humbled himself to be born for
our salvation. As C.S. Lewis puts it so well,
Messiah is like a pearl diver descending to the bottom of the sea, where all is
colourless, and dank, and wrests the pearl from the oyster, to bring it into
the light where it gleams. He stooped
down beneath us, to lift up us and all creation,
Christmas is nine months from today.
Psalm 40:1-11 or 40:5-10 or Canticle 3 or 15;
Isaiah 7:10-14;
Hebrews 10:5-10;
Luke 1:26-3
Daily:
AM: Psalm 85, 87
Isaiah 52:7-12
Hebrews 2:5-10
PM: Psalm 110:1-5(6-7), 132
Wisdom 9:1-12
John 1:9-14
Collect: We beseech you o Lord, so fill our hearts
with your grace that as we have known the incarnation of your son our Lord
Yeshua HaMoshiach by the message of an
angel, that so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his
resurrection. And what we ask for
ourselves, we ask for all those for whom Messiah died, that those who sin
against you would come to love you, and that those who love you would be drawn
nearer to you. To the glory of God the Father, Amen. (Blue)
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