"A child?! But how?" "You, Mary of Nazareth, have been chosen to bring God into this world, as a being of flesh and bone. Be proud and humbled, for you are blessed among women." The young girl shivered at the sight before her: the celestial being still floated in the darkness, coating her and the room in a soft glow. He was smiling. He'd introduced himself as the archangel Gabriel, an emissary