Monday, February 27, 2017

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

This lovely image is from the Cathedral of St Paul in Malta, built on the spot traditionally identified as the property of Publius, the Roman Governor who welcomed a shipwrecked St Paul and his companions. It probably helped that Paul cured Publius' seriously ill father (see Acts 28).

The depiction shows Mary reading not a book but a scroll, while in the heavens, Old Testament prophets unfurl scrolls lettered in Hebrew. Perhaps Mary is at that very instant, recalling the Scriptural words that spoke of her own role in giving the world its Savior.

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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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