Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

Solemn Act of Consecration of Humanity, and Russia and Ukraine in particular, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 45 Mistakes in the Oratory

Mass: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Resp Ps 40; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

Here I am, Lord, I come to do your will.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.

Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. United in faith and prayer, may we listen to the angel Gabriel's words to Mary: Do not be afraid ... nothing will be impossible for God (Lk 1:30, 37), and join Mary in our response: May it be done to me according to your word (Lk 1:38). 

IF YOU WANT

If

you want,

the Virgin will come walking down the road,

pregnant with the holy,

and say,

"I need shelter for the night, please take me inside your heart,

my time is so close."

Then, under the roof of your soul, you will witness the sublime,

intimacy, the divine, the Christ

taking birth

forever,

as she grasps your hand for help, for each of us

is the midwife of God, each of us.

Yes there, under the dome of your being does creation 

come into existence eternally, through your womb, dear pilgrim-

the sacred womb of your soul,

as God grasps our arms for help; for each of us is

His beloved servant

never

far.

If you want, the Virgin will come walking

down the street pregnant

with Light and

sing ...

(In the section on Saint John of the Cross, in Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, pp. 306-307)

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD,

MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE,

QUEEN OF ANGELS,

GATE OF HEAVEN,

COMFORT OF THE AFFLICTED,

HEALTH OF THE SICK,

QUEEN OF FAMILIES,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's image: Through the hand of Sister Suzanne, ocso. Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.

© Gertrude Feick 2022