man?' The angel answered: 'O Mary, God who
made man without a man is
able to generate in thee man without a man, because with him nothing is
impossible.' Mary answered: 'I know
that God is almighty, therefore his will
be done.' The angel answered: 'Now be conceived in thee the prophet,
whom thou shalt name Jesus: and thou shalt keep him from wine and from
strong drink and from every unclean meat, because the child is an holy one
of God.' Mary bowed
herself with humility, saying: 'Behold the handmaid of
God, be it done according to thy word.' The angel departed, and the virgin
glorified God, saying: Know, O my soul, the greatness of God, and exult, my
spirit, in God
my Saviour; for he hath regarded the lowliness of his
handmaiden, insomuch that I shall be called blessed by all the nations, for he
that is mighty hath made me great, and blessed be his holy name. For his
mercy extendeth from generation to generation of them that fear him.
Mighty hath
he made his hand, and he hath scattered the proud in the
imagination of his heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and
hath exalted the humble. Him who hath been
hungry hath he filled with
good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. For he keepeth in
memory the promises made to Abraham and to his son for ever'.
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