The Angel of the Incarnation was sent to that maiden of Nazareth, who, deeming herself least worthy among the daughters of Zion, had been chosen by her Creator to be the most blessed among women.  “And when the angel had come to her, he said, ‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.  Blessed art thou among women.’  When she had heard him she was troubled at his word, and kept pondering what manner of greeting this might be.  And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for thou has found grace with God . . .  The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee; and therefore the Holy One to be born shall be called the Son of God.’

. . . But Mary said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy work.’  “ (St. Luke 1,  28-38.)

           Mary bowed her head and will to the Divine decree; and at that instant the great fact of the Incarnation was accomplished. A Virgin of the house of David had become the Mother of God. Incarnation is the teaching of the Church that God became man in Jesus Christ.

           In the year 1978, Bishop Carrol T. Dozier, as Shepherd and leader of the Catholics in West Tennessee directed that a new parish be started in Collierville, Tennessee and in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary he directed that it be named the Church of the Incarnation.