Monday, October 10, 2016

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

Annunciation icon with St George below (late 15th century, Greek), from the Walters Museum of Art
Note the red thread/yarn in Mary's  hand, a frequent detail in Eastern icons of the Annunciation. The tradition from the "Proto-evangelium of James" (second century) imagines Mary weaving the scarlet and purple veil for the Temple when she received the Angel's message that, by God's design, she would be the true dwelling place of the Lord, whose human tissue would be "woven" in her womb.

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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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