A MAIDEN WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON
SATURDAY 5TH WEEK OF LENT THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD  ‘Rejoice, so highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’ Universalis First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14,8:10  The maiden is with child   The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’   Then Isaiah said:  ‘Listen now, House of David:  are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men  without trying the patience of my God, too?  The Lord himself, therefore,  will give you a sign.  It is this: the maiden is with child  and will soon give birth to a son  whom she will call Immanuel,  a name which means “God-is-with-us.”’ Second Reading Hebrew 10:4-10 God's will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his   body made once and for all by Jesus Christ.     Gospel  Luke 1:26-38 'I am the handmaid of the Lord'   The angel G...