Annunciation of the BVM - 25 March

 

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 25 March

Psalm 131

Domine, non est

LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks.

2. I do not exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me.

3. But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

4. O Israel, trust in the Lord : from this time forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. 

The Collect

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 7.10-15

Psalter: Psalm 8, 113 | 111, 138

Epistle Reading: [Hebrews 2.5-18]

Gospel Reading: St. Luke 1.26-38 

Homily