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When at length she is satisfied that it is God's Will she should be the Mother of the Messiah, and that He wants her consent, thinking neither of the dignity nor of the pain this will bring upon her, she bows her head and says:
"Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word."
And the Word was made Flesh and dwelt amongst us.
And the Angel returned to God who sent him; and all Heaven was made glad that night.
