Sirach 24:1-4, 16, 22-24
Psalms 34:5, 7, 9-10, 18-19
Galatians 4:3-7
Luke 1:26-33
Sirach 24:1-4, 16, 22-24
(1) Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people (2) And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue (3) And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly (4) And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say (16) And I took root among an honorable people, within the portion of my God, within his inheritance. And so my abode is in the full assembly of the saints (22) I have extended my branches like a terebinth tree, and my branches are of honor and grace (23) Like the vine, I have born the fruit of a sweet fragrance. And my flowers are the fruit of honor and integrity (24) I am the mother of the beauty of love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope
Psalms 34:5, 7, 9-10, 18-19
(5) May they become like dust before the face of the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in (7) For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction. Over nothing, they have rebuked my soul (9) But my soul will exult in the Lord and delight over his salvation (10) All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him (18) I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people (19) May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes
Galatians 4:3-7
(3) So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world (4) But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law (5) so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons (6) Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father. (7) And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God
Luke 1:26-33
(26) Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth (27) to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary (28) And upon entering, the Angel said to her: “Hail, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. (29) And when she had heard this, she was disturbed by his words, and she considered what kind of greeting this might be (30) And the Angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God (31) Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS (32) He will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father. And he will reign in the house of Jacob for eternity (33) And his kingdom shall have no end.
