1Luke 1:31
“And now you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High”
2Catechism of the Catholic Church 457
The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God, who "loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins"
3Nicene Creed
"For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man."
4St. Augustine of Hippo
“May He make us children of God, He Who for our sakes wished to become a Child of man.”
5Archbishop Fulton Sheen
"here was a mother, a Madonna, who did not look up. She looked down to Heaven, for this was Heaven in her arms.”
6St. Athanasius in his work On the Incarnation.
“For the Son of God became man so that we might become God”
7Luke 1:38
“Then Mary said, Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word”
8John 1:1-3
“In the beginning was the words, the word was God and the word was with God” John 1:1-3
9(John 1:14)
“And the word became flesh and lived among us and we have seen his glory, the glory of a Father’s only son, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14)
10Dei Verbum 4 Capter 1.4
“he sent his son…to tell them of the innermost being of God”
11Dei Verbum 4 Chapter 1.2
“Jesus Christ, therefore, the Word made flesh, was sent as a man to men.”
12Matthew 1:20-21
“for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins
13Matthew 5 - Sermon of the Mount - The Beatitudes
“Blessed are the poor in spirt, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven”
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth”
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will relieve mercy”
14Parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25)
“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink…I was in prison and you visited me”
“Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family you did it to me”