The Angelus Project: Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, another Annunciation from last week's featured artist, Francisco Rizi (circa 1663). It's interesting to compare the two!

The mystery of the Assumption has very much to do with Mary's divine maternity. Preserved from original sin in view of the Son of God taking his flesh from her, Mary's body now participates fully in his Resurrected life. She is the first of the redeemed, a sign to all of us of our calling!

Image ©Museo Nacional del Prado

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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.