WEBVTT 00:01.230 --> 00:06.630 I am writing to you, dear Theophilus, an orderly account of the things that have taken place among us, 00:06.690 --> 00:11.630 so that you may know the absolute truth about everything. 00:18.550 --> 00:24.440 In the days when Caesar Augustus was emperor of Rome, and when Herod the Great was king of Judea, 00:24.490 --> 00:32.280 God sent the angel Gabriel to visit a virgin of the city of Nazareth. And the virgin's name was Mary. 00:44.980 --> 00:49.970 Fear not Mary, for you have found favor with God. 00:50.040 --> 00:56.660 You will conceive and give birth to a Son and you will call His name "Jesus." 00:56.760 --> 00:58.290 How can this be? 00:58.360 --> 00:59.600 I am a virgin. 00:59.720 --> 01:01.870 The Holy Spirit will come upon you. 01:01.940 --> 01:10.820 For this reason the Holy Child will be called the Son of the Most High God. His kingdom will never end. 01:10.970 --> 01:14.810 Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who was too old to have a child. 01:14.880 --> 01:17.320 But by a miracle, God enabled her to become pregnant. 01:17.340 --> 01:18.590 Elizabeth! 01:18.640 --> 01:19.780 Mary! 01:20.040 --> 01:22.560 Cousin Mary! 01:24.140 --> 01:26.880 You are the most blessed of all women, 01:27.030 --> 01:29.740 and blessed is the Child you will bear. 01:29.840 --> 01:31.990 For as soon as I heard your greeting, 01:32.160 --> 01:33.860 the baby within me 01:33.940 --> 01:35.760 jumped with gladness. 01:35.830 --> 01:39.160 My soul magnifies the Lord, 01:39.530 --> 01:43.230 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 01:43.630 --> 01:47.140 From now on all generations will call me blessed. 01:53.740 --> 01:59.490 Know, all men of Nazareth, that by command of Caesar Augustus, 01:59.560 --> 02:06.160 there will be conducted a census of the subject territories of Galilee and Judea. 02:06.200 --> 02:14.110 All men must register in the town or city where their ancestors were born. 02:17.860 --> 02:24.750 So Joseph went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea to register with Mary, to whom he was engaged. 02:29.580 --> 02:37.150 But there was no room for them in Bethlehem. And the only lodging they could find was a humble stable. 02:48.230 --> 02:52.960 Now there were some shepherds in that part of the country who were taking care of their flock at night. 02:53.040 --> 02:59.110 Suddenly, an angel of God appeared to them and the glory of God shone about them. 03:03.180 --> 03:11.490 This very day in David's town your Savior was born. He is Christ the Lord. 03:17.130 --> 03:21.180 The shepherds hurried to see the newborn Babe in the manger, 03:21.280 --> 03:28.160 and were the first to spread the Good News or "Gospel" of the the Savior's birth.