Well, thank you everybody for joining us. I'm Father Chris Alar, one of the Miriam priests here at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy,

and we are excited that you are with us because today is one of those in the long line of beautiful church calendar,

the one of the most important days. In fact fact the church father said that this moment was the single

most important moment in human history even the resurrection came because of this moment what is this

moment this moment is the annunciation. And that's going to be the topic.

And I promise you there will be some things you've probably never heard because I want to share

with you some things that are really amazing that we don't hear about. And so let's begin with a

prayer in the name of the Father,

into the Son, into the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, we ask you send the Holy Spirit down upon us,

that we may give you our yes, our fiat, as Mary did, to be able to say yes to your will,

and to be able to be disciples of Christ.

Through this momentous moment that Mary brought through your grace, the Savior to the world,

we ask that we open our minds and hearts to receive this grace you wish to bestow.

And we ask all this through Christ our Lord.

In the name of the Father,

and to the Son, into the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Okay, so you are super going back with me to seminary today

because I went back and, you know, I realized,

and I apologize to all the viewers.

I told the people here in the shrine, I announced earlier that we were going to be doing

discerning God's will.

And I know some of you might be tuning in for that.

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