This Thursday (October 22) is the feast of St John Paul II, for whom this 15th century Annunciation (the would have been quite familiar, since it is from the Holy Cross Chapel in Wawel Cathedral (Kraków, Poland).
By Stanisław Durink, the Annunciation is part of a triptych of Our Lady of Sorrows, and features Gabriel actually reading the divine message, "Ave Gratia Plena" (the only words legible on the scroll he has open in his hands). The importance of the message may be construed from the three wax seals that hang down from it (a hint of the Trinity?).
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. Three times a day, we are invited to pause and reaffirm our faith in the Incarnation: that "God so loved the world he sent his only Son" (Jn 3:16).
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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.
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
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