Sermon for Ember Wednesday of Advent
Dec 14, 2022 • Rev. Christopher Antonetti
The angel Gabriel comes to Mary with an important message. Very few times does God send an angelic messenger to deliver his message. Usually God works through the words of men, through the prophets. However, when the message is especially important and needs to be confirmed he sends an angel. An angel had come to women only twice before, to Hagar, the servant of Abraham and Sarah, and mother of Ishmael, and to the wife of Manoah, the mother of Samson.