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‘And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest… and of his kingdom there shall be no end.’

God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a small village in Galilee to a young woman called Mary. She was a virgin, to be married to Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured woman! The Lord is with you!’

Puzzled and anxious, Mary couldn’t understand what the angel’s words meant. ‘Don’t be frightened, Mary,’ the angel told her, ‘for God has decided to bless you! You will become pregnant and have a son, and you are to name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Highest.’ Mary wondered how she, being a virgin, could have a baby.

The angel told her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. So the baby born to you will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.’

Then the angel spoke to Joseph telling him not to be afraid to have Mary for his wife. The child she was bearing had been conceived by the Holy Spirit. She would have a son, and Joseph was to name him Jesus, for that child would deliver people from their sins.

In those days the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census would take place in the whole Roman Empire. Joseph and pregnant Mary had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. There, the time came for her baby to be born. She delivered her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.

That night some shepherds were in the fields near the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared to them with the following words: ‘I bring you good tidings of great joy for everyone! The Saviour – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David! You will find a baby, lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!’ The shepherds rushed to the village to find Mary and Joseph with the baby, lying in the manger. Next to them were the three wise men from the Orient who followed the heavenly star that led them to baby Jesus. They came to bow to the newly-born king carrying presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh.