tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post269881235732474086..comments2024-03-05T11:44:26.154-08:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Why did God send Gabriel for the Annunciation?Father Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-45630523196971073642011-12-22T01:40:46.491-08:002011-12-22T01:40:46.491-08:00Oh i love this article and all the replies of Fr. ...Oh i love this article and all the replies of Fr. Liam too!!!Michelle Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-12746051129291463312011-12-20T19:31:33.750-08:002011-12-20T19:31:33.750-08:00Liam said -
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So, touchingly, He ‘courts’ Mary ...Liam said -<br />[---<br />So, touchingly, He ‘courts’ Mary through an intermediary, Gabriel, so as to demonstrate and allow absolute respect for her utmost free choice<br />---]<br /><br />Well said!Irenaeus of New Yorkhttp://www.azoic.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-23066867535608309282011-12-20T18:46:57.127-08:002011-12-20T18:46:57.127-08:00...sounds like the new american bible version, the......sounds like the new american bible version, the 100th edit of old Catholic texts...MATEO MIGUEL ROMEROnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-62928477554659855652011-12-20T09:15:49.838-08:002011-12-20T09:15:49.838-08:00Thank you for your kind reply, Father. My thoughts...Thank you for your kind reply, Father. My thoughts on the matter (bear in mind I am no theologian) are that God Himself was Mary’s ‘Suitor’, if you will, in a matter where He was asking this young maiden to bear His Child. Now should God Himself have asked this dear Virgin to conceive and bear His Child there might be a certain amount of duress or pressure on Mary that could be inferred from such a circumstance (not to mention no Faith required when God asks one directly). So, touchingly, He ‘courts’ Mary through an intermediary, Gabriel, so as to demonstrate and allow absolute respect for her utmost free choice. <br />I think if, as He is occasionally portrayed, God is a shy and considerate Lover then sending an angel is well…endearing.Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-24288465949667484862011-12-20T09:11:07.133-08:002011-12-20T09:11:07.133-08:00@ Liam
Yet the New Testament says that the old law...@ Liam<br />Yet the New Testament says that the old law was dictated by angels, so that the New Testament was considered to be superior as it was given by God in Person.<br />"[You] who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it" (Acts 7,53).<br /><br />"Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until the seed should come, to whom he made the promise, being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator." (Galatians 3,19).<br /><br />Indeed the Old Testament itself spoke of the "Angel of the Lord" or "Angel of the Presence of the Lord"; many believe it was Jesus in His not-yet-incarnate existence, but I don't know how to reconcile this with the aforementioned quotations. Any thoughts?Alessandronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-9417105562860155452011-12-20T08:44:32.629-08:002011-12-20T08:44:32.629-08:00@Liam,
Yes, you are right! Many events were announ...@Liam,<br />Yes, you are right! Many events were announced by God himself rather than through the medium of angels ... and he certainly could have done the same for the Annunciation.<br /><br />Still, we can see the goodness of God in sending Gabriel ... though he could have done it other ways as well.<br /><br />Advent and Christmas blessings to you! +Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-36859760454403206902011-12-20T06:40:38.831-08:002011-12-20T06:40:38.831-08:00I agree, as you say, "God willed that the gre...I agree, as you say, "God willed that the greatest events be revealed through the medium of angels"; however, He has Himself personally revealed some rather great events. Moses and the burning bush comes immediately to mind as well as the ten commandments, etc.Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-25858291864933820202011-12-19T09:14:15.046-08:002011-12-19T09:14:15.046-08:00Instead of using the title of Our Lady 'The Im...Instead of using the title of Our Lady 'The Immaculate Conception' I should have instead used Incarnation.Dismashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914455567953306044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-17159248433787079942011-12-19T07:16:10.427-08:002011-12-19T07:16:10.427-08:00I often wonder why St. Gabriel was sent to announc...I often wonder why St. Gabriel was sent to announce the Immaculate Conception and not St. Michael.<br /><br />When God showed the Angels the vision of the Immaculate Conception and certain ones rebelled (non serviam) wasn't it St. Michael that God used to cast them out of Heaven to Earth?<br /><br />When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden wasn't it St. Michael who God sent to cast them out and stood guard at the entrance?<br /><br />My sketchy recollection of these events may be inaccurate or erroneous, but it is because of these understandings or misunderstandings that I have often wondered why St. Gabriel was sent and not St. Michael for the Annunciation.Dismasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-78763910401435184912011-12-18T15:08:05.570-08:002011-12-18T15:08:05.570-08:00Hello Father,
You could also add a #6 or appenda...Hello Father, <br /><br />You could also add a #6 or appendage to #2 is that when Gabriel said "Hail," this was no mere "Howdy!" but rather a formal salute of recognition of authority. In other words, St Gabriel saw himself as subordinate to the already Full-of-Grace Blessed Virgin. He already knew She was his superior!<br /><br /><a href="http://unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-did-angel-say-to-mary.html" rel="nofollow">Here is a good article</a> I saw online the other day on this subject.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.com