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Hace 1 día · Vatican, March 25, 2022. Editor’s Note: Pope Francis celebrated Mass on the Solemnity of the Annunciation March 25, 2022 from St. Peter’s Basilica. Here is the full text of the homily reprinted with permission. VATICAN CITY — In the Gospel reading for today’s Solemnity, the angel Gabriel speaks three times in addressing the ...
Hace 2 días · “At the Annunciation, Mary became Mother of the Redeemer by giving Him the human nature with which He offered Himself on the cross. At the Resurrection, she received Him in her arms, after having received from Him on Calvary the Motherhood of the Church.”
Hace 6 días · John Clark, March 25, 2020. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux writes that when Saint Gabriel announced to Mary that she had been chosen to be the Mother of God, it was as though the angels in Heaven held their breath waiting for her reply.
Hace 2 días · The Annunciation by Eustache Le Sueur, an example of 17th century Marian art. The Angel Gabriel announces to Mary her pregnancy with Jesus and offers her white lilies. New Testament. The canonical Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles are the primary sources of historical information about Mary.
24 de may. de 2024 · The Solemnity of the Annunciation celebrates the coming of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce to her the special mission God had chosen for her in being the mother of His only...
Hace 3 días · Mary’s faith can also be compared to that of Abraham, whom St. Paul calls “our father in faith” (cf. Rom. 4:12). In the salvific economy of God’s revelation, Abraham’s faith constitutes the beginning of the Old Covenant; Mary’s faith at the Annunciation inaugurates the New Covenant.
8 de may. de 2024 · The Annunciation. 1570 - 1572. Oil on panel. Room 008B. In keeping with iconographic tradition, the Virgin turns in surprise at the arrival of the Archangel Gabriel and the Holy Ghost.
