25 March

It’s the Feast of the Annunciation.

Today is the beginning of our salvation,
And the revelation of the eternal mystery!
The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin
As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace.
Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos:
"Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!”

Above: The Annunciation by American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner. At the top is a detail of a study done prior to the finished painting, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.