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HE LOVED MAN AND BECAME MAN BORN OF A VIRGIN
Let the heavens rejoice from above, and let the skies rain down justice, for the Lord has had mercy on his people. Let the heavens rejoice from above, for when they were created from the beginning, Adam too was made by his Creator from the virgin earth and stood forth as kin and friend of God. Let the heavens rejoice from above, for now by the presence of our Lord in the flesh the earth has been made holy, and the human race has been freed from its idolatrous sacrifices. Then let the skies rain down justice, for on this day Eve's mistake was corrected and forgiven by the purity of the Virgin Mary and by the God-man born of her. On this day Adam, after his condemnation of old, was released from that terrifying sentence of darkness.
And so Christ was born of a virgin and took his flesh from her, as was his will, in accord with the economy of salvation: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Thus the virgin became the mother of God. She is both virgin and mother, for she gave birth to the Word incarnate without knowledge of man; and yet she retained her virginity because of the miraculous way he chose to be born. She is the mother of the divine Word insofar as in his human nature he took flesh in her, and thus united to this flesh he came forth, in accordance with the will and the wisdom of God, the author of miracles. Of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, as Saint Paul says.
He was as he now is, and he shall ever remain so. Yet he became man for our sake. Loving man he became a man, not being one before; but remaining God he became man without any change. And so he became like me for my sake, becoming what he was not, yet retaining all he was. He became man, finally, to make our suffering his own and thus prepare us for adoption as sons, to win for us that kingdom, into which, I pray, we may all be made worthy to enter by the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit has glory, honor and power, now and forever. Amen.
(From a sermon by Saint Proclus of Constantinople, bishop) (De nativitate Domini, 1-2: PG 65,843-846)

The Virginal Conception of Christ -
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."
22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS. (Matthew 1:18-25)

Jesus born of a virgin:
       Jesus was born of a virgin because his Father willed it, It would have been possible for Christ to have had a human father; but it was eminently fitting that his mother be a virgin and his conception miraculous. Throughout the centuries of preparation for the coming of Christ, God had worked wonders in the conception of his servants who prepared the way for the coming of his Son. Abraham received a son from Sarah only when she was old and past the child-bearing period. Elizabeth, who had been sterile, in her old age miraculously conceived John the Baptist, the precursor of Christ. It is only right, therefore, that an even greater miracle should mark the conception and birth of the Redeemer himself God determined that Jesus should have no earthly father. He would be God’s own Son. It was fitting, too, that the womb that bore the Son of God should not thereafter hear a mere human child. Therefore Mary, the Mother of God and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, remained forever virgin after the birth of Christ.










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