Today, Mary’s claim to have met an angel is part of what makes her story hard to believe. We imagine angels like the fairy on top of the Christmas tree, only bigger, so Mary’s story feels like ...

And the first person to cooperate with this plan is Mary, the mother of Jesus. If you know the story, you know that an angel appears to Mary. Typically, when an angel appears to a mere mortal, the ...

Mary heard the angel say, “Do not be afraid. God has chosen you,” (Luke 1:30) We hear the phrase “Do not be afraid” no less than 18 times in the four gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.

On the day when an angel appeared to Mary, a day Christians observe today as the Feast of the Annunciation, the angel announced what that historical moment was asking of her. What God was asking of ...

It begins when an angel appeared to Mary and asked her to be the mother of Jesus. She said yes! Joy and change began for us all that special day.

Initially, Mary is confused by the angel’s words, but responds in faith, saying, "Let it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38). For Mary and Joseph, thus begins nine months of waiting.

In his homily, Pope Francis reflected on the reading from St. Luke's Gospel, in which the angel appears to Mary, informing her that she is with child.

Later, the same angel appears to Mary, who was probably a teenager. And the angel says, “Mary, the Lord is with you, and you have found favor with God.” ...

Matthew’s gospel tells a similar story about Mary’s pregnancy but from a different perspective. This time, the angel appears to Joseph to tell him that his fiancée Mary is pregnant but he ...

He leaves (“Yesterday”), an angel appears to him in a dream (“Hey Jude”) and he goes back to Mary. “It’s still the Nativity story told with the music of The Beatles,” he said.