{"id":879,"date":"2009-03-24T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/the-annunciation-nothing-is-impossible-with-god.html"},"modified":"2009-03-24T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T23:23:00","slug":"the-annunciation-nothing-is-impossible-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/the-annunciation-nothing-is-impossible-with-god.html","title":{"rendered":"The Annunciation: nothing is impossible with God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/ScmkbfTWmnI\/AAAAAAAAFUY\/vhzXi5ePm8M\/s1600-h\/annunciation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 321px\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/ScmkbfTWmnI\/AAAAAAAAFUY\/vhzXi5ePm8M\/s400\/annunciation.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8220;At this dark moment in time&#8230;what is being announced is hope. Mary, we\u2019re told, was troubled at what she heard. But what follows is a message for all of us. In our moments of confusion, when we are troubled by what God brings to us\u2026nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Angels will speak. The Spirit will come. A light will break through the skies and guide the world to a savior in a stable.<\/p>\n<p><i>How can this be?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It can\u2026because nothing is impossible with God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; From <a href=\"http:\/\/deacbench.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/homily-for-december-21-2008-fourth.html\">my Advent homily on The Annunciation<\/a>,  December 2008.  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;At this dark moment in time&#8230;what is being announced is hope. Mary, we\u2019re told, was troubled at what she heard. But what follows is a message for all of us. In our moments of confusion, when we are troubled by what God brings to us\u2026nothing is impossible. Angels will speak. 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