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Introduction Bible the Word of God/

the Sacred Scripture
Gospel the Good News of our Salvation
The The Annunciation the announcement by the angel “Peace be with you! The Lord is Angel Gabriel  Mary (Nazareth)
Annunciation Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she with you and has greatly blessed
would conceive a son, who will be you!” (Lk 1:28)
called Jesus, by the power of the
Holy Spirit
Incarnation God became a man in the person of “Don't be afraid, Mary; God has Angel Gabriel  Mary (Nazareth)
Jesus / been gracious to you. You will
God made flesh in Jesus become pregnant and give birth to
a son, and you will name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called
the Son of the Most High God. The
Lord God will make him a king, as
his ancestor David was, and he will
be the king of the descendants of
Jacob forever; his kingdom will
never end!” (Lk 1:30-33)
“I am a virgin. How, then, can this Mary  Angel Gabriel (Nazareth)
be?” (Lk 1:34)
“I am the Lord's servant.” (Lk 1:38) Mary  Angel Gabriel (Nazareth)
“May it happen to me as you have Mary  Angel Gabriel (Nazareth)
said.” (Lk 1:38)
Matthew’s Jesus saves his people from their sins “Joseph, descendant of David, do Angel Gabriel  Joseph (Nazareth)
account not be afraid to take Mary to be
about the your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit
birth of Jesus that she has conceived. She will
have a son, and you will name him
Jesus—because he will save his
people from their sins.”
(Mt 1:20-21)
 Christ The Greek word of the Hebrew title “A virgin will become pregnant and Angel Gabriel  Joseph (Nazareth)
of Messiah have a son, and he will be called
Immanuel” (which means, “God is
The Promised Messiah The anointed
with us”). (Mt 1:23)
Immanuel/ Emmanuel “God is with us”
The Magnificat “My soul magnifies the Lord” “You are the most blessed of all Elizabeth  Mary
Visitation Mary’s song of praise women, and blessed is the child you (Ain Karem / Ein Karem / Judea)
will bear! Why should this great
thing happen to me, that my Lord's
mother comes to visit me?”
(Lk 1:42-43)
“How happy you are to believe that Elizabeth  Mary
the Lord's message to you will come (Ain Karem / Ein Karem / Judea)
true!” (Lk 1:45)
The Nativity The Nativity The birth of Jesus Christ “Don't be afraid! I am here with An angel of the Lord/ Angel Gabriel
good news for you, which will bring  shepherds
great joy to all the people. This very
day in David's town your Savior was
born—Christ the Lord! And this is
what will prove it to you: you will
find a baby wrapped in cloths and
lying in a manger.” (Lk 2:10-12)
Bethlehem House of Bread “Glory to God in the highest A great army of heaven's angels 
heaven, and peace on earth to God / shepherds
those with whom he is pleased!”
(Lk 2:14)
Manger a long open box in which grass or
straw is put for horses or cattle to
eat from
Stable a building in which horses or cattle
are kept
Social outcasts people who are rejected by the
Jewish community/ by society
The Three Gentiles Non-Jews “Where is the baby born to be the The three wise men from the East
Wise Men & king of the Jews? We saw his star  King Herod (Jerusalem)
The Escape when it came up in the east, and we
to Egypt have come to worship him.”
(Mt 2:2)
Magi The wise men from the East “Where will the Messiah be born?” King Herod / Herod the Great 
(Mt 2: 4) Chief Priests and Teachers of the
Law (Jerusalem)
The Epiphany The feast that commemorates the “Go and make a careful search for King Herod / Herod the Great 
first manifestation of Jesus Christ to the child; and when you find him, the three wise men from the East
the Gentiles, represented by the let me know, so that I too may go (Jerusalem)
Magi and worship him.” (Mt 2:8)
Gold (1) a symbol of Kingship “Herod will be looking for the child An angel of the Lord/ Angel Gabriel
(2) Jesus would be the king of the in order to kill him. So get up, take  Joseph (Bethlehem)
Jews the child and his mother and escape
to Egypt, and stay there until I tell
you to leave.” (Mt 2:13)
Frankincense (1) a sweet-smelling resin used in “Get up, take the child and his An angel of the Lord/ Angel Gabriel
worship mother, and go back to the land of  Joseph (Egypt)
(2) a symbol of God and Jesus’ Israel, because those who tried to
priesthood kill the child are dead.” (Mt 2:19)
(3) Jesus is God and thus worthy of
worship
Myrrh (1) an ointment used in burial
(2) a symbol of sorrowful death
(3) a foreshadowing of his death