"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the ...

Luke 1:29 (RSV-CE) And he [the angel Gabriel] came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!" Matthew 26:49 (RSV) And he [Judas] came up to Jesus at once and said, “Hail, Master!” ...

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 ...

Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus, James D. Tabor demythologizes the "passive, nonsexual, nonpolitical" Mary, inviting us to ...

Gabriel is the lord of the angels, known as "The Force of God", but also the "Messenger", as he transmits God's word to mankind. He is also a healer and protector of the female reproductive system.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Annunciation" (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, W1899-1-1). One of the most memorable passages from the Gospel of Luke is Mary’s fiat: ...

How much did the Blessed Virgin Mary know about Jesus? The Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Spirit revealed to Mary the knowledge of the divinity of Christ and His incarnation, from the beginning ...

Workers found a mostly unscathed 18th century painting of the Virgin Mary buried beneath the rubble of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the 249-year-old church that burned down in July, officials ...