(Part three of three) “ . . . the young women, pregnant . . . “(Isaiah 7:14) NAB translation that the Lectionary usually uses, but not here, where the hermeneutical Faithful understand “virgin.”  The Faithful profit by paying attention to themselves.  “Then the angel departed from her” (Luke 1:38).  Just as Mary was left to her own devices after she was left pregnant without a husband, so the Faithful are left to their own devices when left with Church cultures more concerned with the institution than the members.  See Liturgy of the Word, as used at St. Mary Church, Tuesday, December 20, 2016.