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Annunciation March 25 - liturgy topics: conception, incarnation nature exchange Entrance Antiphon: The Lord entered the world. Collect: God willed that his Word should take on the reality of human flesh. Our Redeemer is God and man. We ask to become partakers even in his divine nature. Christmas Things we may not celebrate in the Annunciation: made manifest, revealed (out of the womb), visible we can see, face, hear, adore, welcome light, radiance, shining glory (in the most sacred night) fulfillment of Isaiah's: sign + a son that is King Christmas Vigil Entrance Antiphon: you will see his glory Collect: - We welcome our Redeemer - Men faced him, and we ask to face him confidently when he comes again Prayer over the offerings: you make manifest the beginnings of our redemption Communion antiphon: The glory of the Lord will be revealed , and all flesh will see the salvation of our God. Christmas Night Collect: God made this most sacred night radiant with the splendor of the tr...

In all our designs and enterprises, says a great servant of God, we should rather purpose to do the will of God than to procure the glory of God, for by doing the will of God, we will infallibly procure His glory; but if we propose as the motive of our actions to work for the glory of God, we may sometimes allow ourselves to be deceived and do our own will under the pretext of working for the glory of God. Oh! how common is this kind of illusion in those who are employed in good works and in ministries of zeal for souls! Real perfection, about which there can be no mistake, consists in accomplishing the will of God; but how few are those who are sufficiently enlightened to know the excellence of this perfection, or sufficiently pure to taste its sweetness! The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (TAN Books), page 232 John Croiset, S.J.