Just recently the Church celebrated its liturgy using the texts from the book of Zephaniah, which makes wonderful sense in light of its Messianic overtones. “Rejoice daughter Jerusalem; do not be afraid; the Lord is in your midst” etc. But I wonder how many of us now know what seems to have been common knowledge in years past, …that this Old Testament prophecy was played out in its full with the young virgin, Mary of Nazareth. Xaire! That’s what the angel Gabriel said to Mary