DAY 1.                GOD CHOSE MARY - THE                                  ANNUNCIATION ( Prayer of the faithful. I) HYMN OPENING PRAYER:              let us pray: Almighty father of our lord Jesus Christ, you have revealed the beauty of your power by exalting the lowly virgin of Nazareth and making her the mother of our saviour. May the prayers of this woman bring Jesus to a waiting world and fill the void of incompletion with the presence of her child, who lives and reign with you and rite Holy spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The Virgin's name was Mary. Upon arriving, the angel said to her. "Rejoice, O highly favoured daughter! The lord is with you. Blessed are you among women." She was deeply troubled by this words, and wondered what his greeting meant. The angel went o