Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/7:10 IS 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to AhazandAsk for a sign from the LORD, your Godlet it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky!But Ahaz answered, I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD! Then Isaiah saidandListen, O house of David!Is it not enough for you to weary men,must you also weary my God?Therefore the Lord himself will give you this signandthe virgin shall conceive and bear a son,and shall name him Emmanuel. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/24and1 PS 24and1-2, 3-4AB, 5-6 R. (see 7c and 10b)Let the Lord enter he is the king of glory.The LORD’s are the earth and its fullnessthe world and those who dwell in it.For he founded it upon the seasand established it upon the rivers.R.Let the Lord enter he is the king of glory.Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?or who may stand in his holy place?He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,who desires not what is vain.R.Let the Lord enter he is the king of glory.He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,a reward from God his savior.Such is the race that seeks for him,that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.R.Let the Lord enter he is the king of glory. Alleluia R.Alleluia, alleluia.O Key of David,opening the gates of God’s eternal Kingdomandcome and free the prisoners of darkness!R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/luke/1:26 LK 1:26-38 In the sixth month,the angel Gabriel was sent from Godto 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 with you. But she was greatly troubled at what was saidand pondered what sort of greeting this might be.Then the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary,for you have found favor with God.Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,and you shall name him Jesus.He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,and of his Kingdom there will be no end. But Mary said to the angel, How can this be,since I have no relations with a man? And the angel said to her in reply, The Holy Spirit will come upon you,and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.Therefore the child to be bornwill be called holy, the Son of God.And behold, Elizabeth, your relative,has also conceived a son in her old age,and this is the sixth month for her who was called barrenfor nothing will be impossible for God. Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.May it be done to me according to your word. Then the angel departed from her.