But accepting this role also means that Mary will be regarded as being unfaithful to Joseph. That would involve public shame. Mary demonstrates a free, humble and yet magnanimous obedience to God. Here is what you should know about the Annunciation. What does the Annunciation mean? When is the Annunciation celebrated? What is similar about this story to the story of John the Baptist? Find out more about page archiving. The Feast of the Annunciation Last updated The festival has been celebrated since the 5th century AD.
The festival celebrates two things: God's action in entering the human world as Jesus in order to save humanity Humanity's willing acceptance of God's action in Mary's freely given acceptance of the task of being the Mother of God The Annunciation and the liturgy The story of the Annunciation has produced three important liturgical texts, the Ave Maria, the Angelus, and the Magnificat.
The angel's greeting to Mary, which is traditionally translated as "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee," in Latin Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum is the opening of the Ave Maria, and a part of the Rosary prayers.
The Angelus consists of three Ave Marias, together with some additional material. It is said three times a day in the Roman Catholic Church. The Magnificat Luke is the poem with which Mary responds to the Annunciation and celebrates the power of God. Political implications of the Annunciation Some feminist theologians find the story of the Assumption portrays women as unacceptably submissive and as colluding with the idea that "women's only claim to fame is the capacity to have babies.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote: For the first time in human history the mother kneels before her son: she freely accepts her inferiority.
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you. Find out more Christian history Christmas Top. See also. Religion and Ethics home Interfaith calendar Ethics guides.
One essential step towards the "yes" after the generations of "no" represented by Adam, Cain, the sinners of the generation of the flood and the builders of the Tower of Babel was the "Here I am" of Abraham. With complete faith, despite all that seemed to the human intellect impossible to fulfill, Abraham said his "yes".
First he left his land, his tribe and his father's house to go to the land that God showed him. And then, towards the end of his journey, he did not even withhold his son, his only one, his beloved one from God even though offering him up as an offering would turn his future into a dead end. At the beginning of his walking with God, Abraham received the fateful commandment from his God "Be blessing" Genesis Abraham's "yes" served as a canal for the return of blessing to the world.
The moments in which the seed of Abraham - the people of Israel - said its "yes" are the peak moments in which the vocation of the people is fulfilled: to be blessing and light to the nations. At Sinai, the people took upon itself the Word of God as given in the Torah by saying: "We will do, and we will be obedient" Exodus
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