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December 27, 2015

Nazareth, Israel

After Cana, Nathania and I drove to the city of Nazareth where Joseph and Mary were from and where Jesus grew up.  It became a little nerve wracking the closer we got to the Basilica of the Annunciation since the streets got narrower and smaller.  We eventually made it to the Basilica.  The church was established at the site where, according to Roman Catholic belief, the Annunciation took place:

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”  But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.  The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.  “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”  Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”  The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.  “And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.   “For nothing will be impossible with God.”  And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her (Luke 1:26-38).

The Basilica was one of the most beautiful churches I’ve seen. It is a two-story modernist building constructed in 1969 over the site of an earlier Byzantine-era and then Crusader-era church. Inside, the lower level contains the Grotto of the Annunciation, believed by many Christians to be the remains of the original childhood home of Mary.

Located nearby is the Church of St. Joseph, built in Romanesque Revival style.  Like the vast majority of churches in the Holy Land, it is Franciscan-run.   The sanctuary is called the Church of the Nutrition because Jesus lived and grew up here until he was an adult, learning his father’s trade.  Tradition asserts that the Church of St Joseph was built over the carpentry workshop of the husband of the Virgin Mary.

When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.” When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.
(Matthew 1:18-25)

This church held special meaning to me since it is the namesake of our church in Edmonton – St. Joseph’s Chapel – where I proposed and we got married.

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