What was zacharias doing when the angel visited him

At age 12, she married King Diniz of Portugal and worked to found hospitals, orphanages and a home for women. She was known as a peacemaker, helping to avert wars and to heal a rift between her husband and her son. After her husband died in , she moved to a Poor Clare convent she helped to found and spent the rest of her days devoted to God and those in need.

She died in as she was trying to bring peace between two kings, her son and her nephew. We honor her on July 4. Sign up for our FREE weekly e-newsletters!

Choose from news Monday , leisure Thursday or worship Saturday — or get all three! Sign Up Today! Diocese of Rochester, NY. All rights reserved. Linking is encouraged, but republishing or redistributing, including by framing or similar means, without the publisher's prior written permission is prohibited. What they said would happen, began to happen. There were still Jews who loved God. They were honest. They wanted to please God. Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, loved God.

Zechariah and Elizabeth loved God very much. But they had no children. For Jews to have no children was very sad. They also felt ashamed. They had prayed for a child for a very long time. They were amazed that he was staying in the temple so long. So they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple.

He motioned to them but remained unable to talk. He has removed my public disgrace. The Lord is with you. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. His name is holy. He scattered those who think too highly of themselves.

He honored humble people. He sent rich people away with nothing. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father. His name will be John.