The Apostles' Creed: He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Nicene Creed: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. 437 ...

Overshadowed and empowered by the Holy Spirit, Mary conceived and gave birth to Jesus, nurtured him as a child, sought him when lost, elicited his first miracle and stood to the end by his Cross ...