The Sign of the Virgin Mother

The fullness of time, the time when "God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made tinder the law," is noted for its many visions and revelations. Shortly before the birth of the Savior, the angel Gabriel was the bearer of amazing and glad tidings. He had been sent to the aged Zacharias as the latter was ministering in the temple, to announce to him that his wife Elizabeth should bear him a son, at whose birth many would rejoice, and who would be great in the sight of the Lord. Six months later...