Gospel of 8 December 2018

Book of Genesis 3,9-15.20.
After Adam ate the tree, the Lord God called the man and said to him, "Where are you?".
He replied: "I heard your step in the garden: I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself."
He went on: “Who let you know you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? "
The man replied: "The woman you placed beside me gave me the tree and I ate it."
The Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?". The woman replied: "The snake has deceived me and I have eaten."
Then the Lord God said to the serpent: “Since you have done this, be you cursed more than all the cattle and more than all the wild beasts; on your belly you will walk and dust you will eat for all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your lineage and her lineage: this will crush your head and you will undermine her heel ".
The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living things.

Salmi 98(97),1.2-3ab.3bc-4.
Sing a new song to the Lord,
because he has performed wonders.
His right hand gave him victory
and his holy arm.

The Lord has manifested his salvation,
in the eyes of peoples he has revealed his justice.
He remembered his love,
of his loyalty to the house of Israel.

of his loyalty to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
Acclaim the whole earth to the Lord,
shout, rejoice with songs of joy.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 1,26-38.
At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin, betrothed to a man from the house of David, called Joseph. The virgin was called Maria.
Entering her, she said: "I salute you, full of grace, the Lord is with you."
At these words she was disturbed and wondered what was the meaning of such a greeting.
The angel said to her: «Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found grace with God.
Behold, you will conceive a son, give birth to him and call him Jesus.
He will be great and called the Son of the Most High; the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David
and he will reign forever over the house of Jacob and his reign will have no end. "
Then Mary said to the angel, "How is this possible? I don't know man ».
The angel replied: "The Holy Spirit will descend on you, the power of the Most High will cast his shadow over you. He who is born will therefore be holy and called the Son of God.
See: Elizabeth, your relative, in her old age, also conceived a son and this is the sixth month for her, which everyone said sterile:
nothing is impossible for God ».
Then Mary said, "Here I am, I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me."
And the angel left her.