LITURGICAL
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Celebrates the announcement by the Angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive the Son of God by the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:26-38).
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Celebrated on March 25 (nine months before Christmas). When it falls in Holy Week or the Easter Octave, it is transferred. A Marian solemnity that is fundamentally Christological — the celebration of the Incarnation.
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03-25
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