With intro provided by atonementfriars.org Beginning with prophecies, "Behold a virgin shall conceive." The circumstance of the birth of Jesus is recounted. Joseph is working in his carpenter shop, when…
The maiden Mary has been staying in the house of her older relatives, Zechariah and Elizabeth. Her parents Joachim and Anna arrive, and learn the news that their daughter is pregnant, but without being with a man. The news of how the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary has her parents stunned.
In the little town, downtrodden by Romans, Mary is living in Nazareth. We find Joseph calling on her father to ask to marry her. Her mother Anna, seems to her husband Joachim, to be a prophet in feeling that the Lord is present in the house. Great news is hinted at, but is set aside in the preparations the betrothal begins.
Julius is a lecturer and speaker in a medical school, and he has a secret. We learn of a death of someone close to him, and some nonstandard procedures that…