Sermons by Vicar Bethany Ulrich (Page 7)

With today’s gospel passage, we start to understand the cosmic proportion of what happened at the nativity. What it meant for Jesus- who was with God at the very creation of the universe- to be born in a fleshy baby human body…

“Last week you may remember Mary was singing a song of praise to God about what God was doing in her and the world. Well, This week, we find her at quite a different place, we find her BEFORE those rebelliously joyous words of the Magnificat even occurred to her. She has just received a visit from Gabriel, a messenger of God, and before she says “let it be” she is wondering, “ How can this be?!” She is at the cross section of confusion and fear of what this news means…”