Lux Domini
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

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Interpretation

We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ must be born miraculously.

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This thought runs through Luke 1:32-36.

Glossary

Mary Person
Hebrew Miriam. (1. ) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,” though never so designated in Scripture ( Matt. 2:11 ; Acts 1:14 ). Little is known of her personal history.