Immaculate Conception

After Adam had eaten of tree, Yahweh God called the man saying to him, "Where are

you?" He said, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked,

so I hid." God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree I

ordered you not to eat?" The man answered, "The woman you put with me gave me

fruit from the tree and I ate it." God said to the woman, “What have you done?" The

woman said, "The serpent deceived me and I ate." Yahweh God said to the serpent,

"Since you have done that, be cursed among all the cattle and wild beasts! You will

crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will make you enemies,

you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head and

you will strike his heel." The man called his wife by the name of Eve, because she

was the mother of all the living.

Blessed be God, the Father of Christ Jesus our Lord, who in Christ has blessed us from

heaven with every spiritual blessing. God chose us in him before the creation of the

world to be holy and without sin in his presence. From eternity he destined us in love

to be his sons and daughters through Christ Jesus, thus fulfilling his free and generous

will. This goal suited him: that his loving-kindness which he granted us in his

Beloved might finally receive all glory and praise. By a decree of Him who disposes

all things according to his own plan and decision we, the Jews, have been chosen and

called and we were awaiting the Messiah, for the praise of his glory.

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth. He was

sent to a young virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the family of

David; and the virgin's name was Mary. The angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, full

of grace, the Lord is with you." Mary was troubled at these words, wondering what

this greeting could mean. But the angel said, "Do not fear, Mary, for God has looked

kindly on you. You shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call him Jesus. He

will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give

him the kingdom of David, his ancestor; he will rule over the people of Jacob for-ever

and his reign shall have no end." Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be if I am

a virgin?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the

power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the holy child to be born shall

be called Son of God. Even your relative Elizabeth is expecting a son in her old age,

although she was unable to have a child, and she is now in her sixth month. With God

nothing is impossible." Then Mary said, "I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done

to me as you have said." And the angel left her.