April 8, 2024 - Annunciation of the Lord
Isaiah 7:10-14; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38
Homily
On this feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, nine months before the next feast of the Nativity, we celebrate the moment of Jesus' conception in Mary's womb - the first moment of God's human existence. This moment, which divides the whole of human history into two great periods - that before Christ and that after Christ's birth - is, in the Gospels, the subject of various announcements, or "annunciations".