“Good news of great joy that will be for all people.”
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to...
“I am the Lord’s servant”
“‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May it be to me as you have said.’ Then the angel left...
“Nothing is impossible with God”
“Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For...
Son of the Most High
“‘He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and...
“Do not be afraid”
“Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be...
“The Lord is with you”
“In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named...
So the Word of God Spread
“So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to...
Full of Faith and of the Holy Spirit
“This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus,...
Full of the Spirit and of Wisdom
“So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word...