Monday, March 9, 2015

Pondering the Angelus with Art

Godried Schalcken, The Annunication 
used with permission under the Getty Museum's
Open Content Program


A wingless Gabriel in Godfried Schalcken's Annunciation points over Mary's head: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you." Mary's gestures say it all: with one hand, she indicates her own Immaculate Heart, while the other is open to the descending grace.

For more about this 17th century oil painting, see its page on the Getty.edu site.
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About the Angelus Project

We rightly admire Muslim neighbors and co-workers who put everything on hold five times a day in answer to the "call to prayer." But Christians have a call to prayer, too! It is the Angelus. Morning, noon and evening we are invited to pause and reaffirm our faith in the Incarnation: The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (Jn. 1:14), because "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son" (Jn. 3:16).
The Angelus Project is a personal project of Sister Anne Flanagan, FSP, a Daughter of St Paul. Find out more about the media ministry of the Daughters of St Paul at DaughtersofStPaul.com.

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