Solemnity of the Annunciation - March 25th

Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce the remarkable gift of God to the world, Jesus would become Her Son, the son of a Virgin. He would be a king, who would rule over the house of Jacob forever.

The angel waited for Mary’s answer until She uttered the words, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it done unto me, according to thy word.” And at that moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus descended from heaven and took on our human nature by becoming man. He came down from heaven to save us, by His life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven.

The Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth was built over the site of what is believed to be the home of Virgin Mary. In the church is an altar with the Latin inscription “Verbum caro hic factum est: Here the Word became flesh.” The incarnation happened, here, in a small town in Galilee. The inscription tells us God became man at a specific time and place.

The place where Jesus became man was in the House of Mary in Nazareth, but the house itself was eventually transported miraculously by angels to Loreto, Italy to protect it from a Muslim invasion. Scientists discovered the stones made from the house in Italy are from the stones from the foundation of where the house was originally located. In fact the house of Mary in Loreto stands miraculously in its current position and is the exact size of the house that was originally in Nazareth.

Jesus entered into the history of the human race, and His birth, death, and resurrection changed the course of history forever. The moment Mary said Her fiat, “Be it done unto me”, the Holy Spirit overshadowed Her, and Our Lord came down from heaven began growing in Her womb as a tiny person. Just as we adore the sacred Hosts (the flesh and blood of Jesus in the tabernacle), so Mary and Joseph were the first adorers of the body and blood of Jesus in Mary’s womb.

Today, Pope Francis in union with all the bishops of the world, as well as priests and all Catholics are gathering to consecrate Russia and the Ukraine, as well as all humanity and the Church to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 asked that Russia be consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart by the pope in union with all the bishops in order to prevent Russia from spreading errors and annihilating countries.

In 1984, on March 25th, Pope St. John Paul II in union with all the bishops of the world consecrated the world to the Immaculate of Mary resulting in the of Communism and the dissolution of the Soviet union which happened peacefully in 1991. But he failed to specifically mention Russia.

Today, Communism is once again spreading throughout the world and as can be clearly seen Russia is annihilating Ukraine. We ask Mary’s intercession to protect Her spiritual children from Satan who is attacking not only the country of Ukraine, but the Church and the people of the world. After more than 100 yrs., Russia will be specifically named in the consecration, which we believe will bring about the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

All of us, every day, should beseech the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all our needs trusting Mary’s loving Heart, which joyfully accepted the angel’s request and caused Jesus to become flesh and dwell among us. May Jesus come again now to save us from the evil that is afflicting the world. Oh how we need the Savior to save us from all this evil and He will do it, through the intercession of His Mother, just as it was through Her, the world rejoiced as His becoming man. We pray in a special way, the unborn baby Jesus will bring about an end to abortion, so all may respect life from the moment of conception until natural death.