Mary was a teenager. There was nothing remarkable about her. The first time we see her is in Luke’s Gospel when she is greeted by the angel Gabriel. To say that she was startled and taken aback would be an understatement! But Gabriel comforted her and then with a few words turned her life upside down. She was going to become a mother. She was told her child would grow up to take the throne of King David and that his kingdom would have no end. So far, so good until she learns who the baby’s father would be.
This was no ordinary conversation. Gabriel was no ordinary visitor. Her baby would not be an ordinary son. Mary, an ordinary young woman, a sinner saved by grace, was troubled and confused and afraid. She had been given the most astounding message that any woman had ever heard. She would be the mother of the Savior of the world.
She then asks a totally ordinary, but important question; “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
Gabriel answers her that she will become pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Her son would not have a human father, he would be
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