That generous word, "Be it done" ...

The ANNUNCIATION of the LORD
Solemnity

 "The Virgin Mary uttered that generous word, "Be it done" 

... Immediately the Heart of Jesus, ever to be adored, 

has begun to pulsate with love, divine and human."

Pius XII, On Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 63

"The Wisdom of God creates poets. How evidently this is so can be seen by considering Mary of Nazareth. When she had given to the Lord of Hosts the Flesh that would become our Bread, Wisdom caused her to break into a poem of praise, a song repeated by more people than probably any other ever composed. The Presence within stirred her to exult and proclaim the One 'who has filled the hungry with good things'. And the praise owed to the Presence of embodied Wisdom among us has never ceased in the Church from that day until this."

James T. O'Connor

The Hidden Manna

“When the Divine Child was conceived, Mary’s humanity gave Him hands and feet, eyes and ears, and a body with which to suffer. Just as the petals of a rose after a dew close on the dew as if to absorb its energies, so too Mary as the Mystical Rose closed upon Him Whom the Old Testament had described as a dew descending upon the earth. When finally she did give Him birth, it was as if a great ciborium had opened, and she was holding in her fingers the Guest Who was also the Host of the world, as if to say, ‘Look, this is the Lamb of God; look, this is He Who takes away the sins of the world.’”

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Life of Christ

Top Image: The Annunciation,  Adolphe-William Bouguereau (1888)
Bottom Image: Mystical Rose - Sr Marie Pierre Semlar, M.M.

More on the ANNUNCIATION,
incl liturgical readings, history and family activities

http://www.wf-f.org/Annunciation.html

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, 

that we may be made worthy of the promises of  Christ!

How? ... How?

"The words of Christ, since they are divine, are efficacious, and can produce nothing other than what they command.  For they are eternal. 

Heaven and earth shall pass, but My words shall not pass." - St Paschasius

 

The Annunciation ~ Esteban Bartolome Murillo

“How shall this be?”  Mary asked.

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,”

the angel answered,

“and the power of the most High

will cover you with its shadow.” 

And now you are the one who puts the question:

“How can bread become Christ and wine His Blood?”

 

I answer:"The power of the Holy Spirit will be at work

to give us a marvel which surpasses understanding.”

St John Damascene

aka St John of Damascus

Syria ~ 676 - 749

DOCTOR of the CHURCH

Monk, prolific writer, poet

Defender of icons/images

Feast Day - December 4

“Wherefore, brethren, let us plant ourselves upon the rock of faith

and the Tradition of the Church, removing not the landmarks set

by our holy fathers, nor giving room to those who are anxious to introduce novelties and to undermine the structure of God’s holy ecumenical

and apostolic Church.  For if everyone were allowed a free hand, little by little

the entire Body of the Church would be destroyed.” – St John Damascus

 Click here: St. John of Damascus - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: St. John of Damascus (Holy Repentance) - YouTube (4 mins)

 

St John Damascene, pray for us!

That generous word...

 The ANNUNCIATION of the LORD

Solemnity

  "The Virgin Mary utters that generous word, "be it done"

...Immediately the Heart of Jesus, ever to be adored,

has begun to pulsate with love, divine and human."

 

Pius XII, On Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 63

 

"The Wisdom of God creates poets. How evidently this is so can be seen by considering Mary of Nazareth. When she had given to the Lord of Hosts the Flesh that would become our Bread, Wisdom caused her to break into a poem of praise, a song repeated by more people than probably any other ever composed. The Presence within stirred her to exult and proclaim the One 'who has filled the hungry with good things'. And the praise owed to the Presence of embodied Wisdom among us has never ceased in the Church from that day until this."

James T. O'Connor

The Hidden Manna

Mystical Rose - Artist: Sr. Marie Pierre Semler, M.M. 

“When the Divine Child was conceived, Mary’s humanity gave Him hands and feet, eyes and ears, and a body with which to suffer. Just as the petals of a rose after a dew close on the dew as if to absorb its energies, so too Mary as the Mystical Rose closed upon Him Whom the Old Testament had described as a dew descending upon the earth. When finally she did give Him birth, it was as if a great ciborium had opened, and she was holding in her fingers the Guest Who was also the Host of the world, as if to say, ‘Look, this is the Lamb of God; look, this is He Who takes away the sins of the world.’”

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Life of Christ

More on the ANNUNCIATION, incl liturgical readings, history and family activities

http://www.wf-f.org/Annunciation.html

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, 

that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ!