Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Our King, Forever and For All

Friends, in today’s Gospel from Luke,
we find the Annunciation to Mary.
Here is what Gabriel said to the Virgin:
“You will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. . . .
The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”

No first-century Israelite would have missed the meaning here:
this child shall be the fulfillment of the promise made to King David.

And this means that the child is, in fact,
the king of the world, the one who would bring unity and peace to the nations.
The conviction grew upon Israel that this mysterious descendant of David
would be king not just for a time and not just in an earthly sense,
but forever and for all nations.
This definitive king of the Jews would be king of the world.
He would be our king, as well.

+++The angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man
named Joseph,
of the house of David,
and the virgin's name was Mary.
And coming to her, he said,
"Hail, full of grace!
The Lord is with you."
But she was greatly troubled at what was said
and pondered what sort of
greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in
your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be
called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him
the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house
of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end."
But Mary said to the angel,
"How can this be,
since I have no relations with a man?"
And the angel said to her in reply,
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you.
Therefore the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of God.
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative,
has also conceived a son in her old age,
and this is the sixth month for
her who was called barren;
for nothing will be impossible for God."
Mary said,
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according
to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.+++

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