Shortly after the first miracle of Christmas, the second one occurred. The angel Gabriel was sent to announce what was about to happen: a virgin would conceive without losing her virginity, and she would bear a son who would be God's Son and would reign on the throne of King David forever. The virgin, a peasant girl named Mary, living in a small and obscure Galilean village, submitted to God's plan and willed for God to do for her what the angel said even though it might meant public ridicule and a divorce from her engaged husband, Joseph.

This is a familiar story, but the great miracle and the willing  submission of this likely teenage girl, Mary, are two of the wonders of this second miracle of Christmas.