Monday, November 27, 2017

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image


Notice the balloon-shaped images in the lower and right margins of this richly decorated page from a 15th century French Book of Hours: in the lower one, God the Father is sending Gabriel on his mission, while in the right margin, Mary sits peacefully reading. In the large picture, the book remains open as Mary turns toward the Angel to receive his message.
From The Morgan Library and Museum.

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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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